Paedophile jailed for touching girl over four years
It happened between 2019 and 2023
A paedophile, who sexually touched a girl over a four-year period, has been jailed.
Arsenad Guraj, 37, began touching the girl inappropriately in Peterborough in March 2019 and this continued until July 2023.
The victim told family members after realising she had been sexually assaulted from posters and assemblies at school.
Police were told and Guraj was arrested in April 2024.
In interview, Guraj, of Lincoln Road, Peterborough, denied sexually assaulting the victim, but on Tuesday 12 May, at Huntingdon Law Courts, he was jailed for five years, having been found guilty of two counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching and engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.
He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life and handed a restraining order for 12 years and a ten-year sexual harm prevention order.
In her personal statement, the victim said Guraj’s offending against her had led to a loss of friends, isolation, and self-harm, ruining her school life and education.
Detective Sergeant Lauren Kirkup, who investigated, said: “Guraj’s prolonged sexual abuse has had a deep impact on the victim, and I would like to praise her for her bravery in coming forward and supporting us with a prosecution.
“Guraj denied all charges against him, which had the added unpleasantness for the victim and her family of having to sit through a trial, so it’s great he’s been brought to justice.”