Two men jailed for abducting and assaulting 11-year-old girl

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 01:20 · Archive

Two men have been jailed for abducting and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Birmingham.

Hamza Sharif, 36, and Sadak Ali, 28, have been jailed at Birmingham Crown Court after being convicted of offences against an 11-year-old girl who had run away from home in the early hours without telling anyone.

Sharif, of St Margaret's Road in Ward End, Birmingham, met the girl near a railway station in east Birmingham and suggested she go to a house with him. Ali, of Foxton Road, Alum Rock, was already at the house. The girl declined an offer of cocaine. Ali then asked her 'invasive' sexual questions and assaulted her over her clothing, deliberately isolating her at the property.

Sharif was sentenced to five years for child abduction, which Judge Roderick Henderson described as the 'driving force' of the offending. Ali was jailed for seven years for assault by touching a child under the age of 13. In her victim personal statement read to the court, the girl said: 'I thought the man wanted to help me but what happened changed me forever.' She also said she felt punished, found it difficult to trust adults, and suffered 'nightmares and flashbacks' in which she could picture the two men.

Defence barristers said Ali had experienced trauma in Somalia affecting his mental health, and had turned to alcohol and drugs as a coping mechanism. He is undertaking a personal social development course in prison.

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• Vile duo jailed for abducting and sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl in BirminghamA vile duo have been jailed for abducting and sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl after she ran away from home. Hamza Sharif, 36, and Sadak Ali, 28 have been jailed after being found Guilty at Birmingham Crown Court. Ali and Sharif were convicted of detaining a child after keeping them under unlawful control and, in addition, Ali was convicted of assault by touching a child under the age of 13. The court heard how Sharif, of St Margaret’s Road in Ward End, Birmingham, met the girl in Birmingham after she ran away from home. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Prosecutor Usha Shergill told the…GB News · 16 Oct, 01:01
• Girl, 11, abducted from Birmingham street before sexual assault as two men jailedSadak Ali, 28, and Hamza Sharif, 36, have been jailed for abducting an 11-year-old girl, who was sexually assaulted and offered cocaine after being approached on a Birmingham streetThe Mirror · 15 Oct, 17:12

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