Two jailed for abducting and assaulting 11-year-old girl
Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 14:58 · Archive
Two Birmingham drug users have been jailed after an 11-year-old girl was abducted from a street and sexually assaulted. Hamza Sharif, 36, of St Margaret's Road, Birmingham, was sentenced to five years for child abduction at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday, October 15. Sadak Ali, 28, of Foxton Road, Birmingham, was jailed for seven years after being found guilty of sexual assault and child abduction.
The girl left her home in the early hours without notifying anyone and encountered Sharif near a railway station in east Birmingham. Sharif suggested she go to a house with him, where she declined an offer to take cocaine. At the property, Ali asked her 'invasive' sexual questions and assaulted her over her clothing.
Judge Roderick Henderson described the 36-year-old Sharif as the 'driving force' of the offending, noting that the victim was 'deliberately isolated' at the house. The girl did not know either man. Prosecutor Usha Shergill told the court the defendants had used illegal drugs.
In a 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 described suffering nightmares and flashbacks in which she could picture the two men, and said she found it difficult to trust any adult and felt as though she was being punished.
How it is being reported
- Men jailed for abduction and sex assault of girl, 11The girl tells the court she still has nightmares at what they did to her in Birmingham.BBC Birmingham And Black Country · 15 Oct, 15:50
- Two jailed over abduction and sex attack on girl of 11She was taken from a Birmingham street, offered cocaine and then sexually assaultedBirminghamLive · 15 Oct, 14:44
- West Midlands drugs users jailed after abducting 11-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted“I thought the man wanted to help me but what happened changed me forever.”Birmingham World · 15 Oct, 14:26
- West Midlands drugs users jailed after abducting 11-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted“I thought the man wanted to help me but what happened changed me forever.”Express & Star · 15 Oct, 14:26
In this story: Hamza Sharif · Sadak Ali · Birmingham · Birmingham Crown Court
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