Child sex abusers sentences increased following intervention by Solicitor General
Three child sex abusers have had their sentences increased for historic offences after the Solicitor General Lucy Rigby KC MP intervened.
Three men who raped a vulnerable teenager in the 1990s have had their sentences increased by a total of eight years, after the Solicitor General referred the case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
皇冠体育app court heard that the victim moved to Keighley, Yorkshire, in the early 1990s when she was a teenager, where she met Ibrar Hussain (47) and brothers Imtiaz (64) and Fayaz Ahmed (45).聽
皇冠体育app victim was vulnerable and was supplied with money, drugs and alcohol in return for sex. She was taken to various places where she was raped over several years, including by Hussain and the Ahmed brothers.聽
Ibrar Hussain and Fayaz Ahmed were 18 and 17 respectively when they carried out their offences, while Imtiaz Ahmed was in his 30s.
Many of the offences took place in the flats above the brothers鈥� family鈥檚 grocery shop.聽
In a Victim Impact Statement read to the court, the victim said that almost 30 years after the abuse, she still suffered flashbacks and the trauma left her unable to trust people, including the services there to protect her.聽
皇冠体育app court also learnt that Ibrar Hussain had prior drug convictions, while Fayaz Ahmed had been convicted of conspiracy to defraud and driving offences.
皇冠体育app Solicitor General Lucy Rigby KC MP said:聽
This case involved the shocking and hideous abuse of a vulnerable teenager by these three sexual predators.聽
I referred these sentences to Court of Appeal because in my view they were unduly lenient.聽
I attended court today for the hearing and I very much聽welcome the Court of Appeal鈥檚 significant increases to these sentences.
On 17 January 2025, Ibrar Hussain was sentenced to six years and six months for two counts of rape, Imtiaz Ahmed was sentenced to nine years for one count of rape, and Fayaz Ahmed was sentenced to seven years and six months for two counts of rape.聽聽
On 13 May 2025, Hussain鈥檚 sentence was increased to 10 years, Imtiaz Ahmed鈥檚 to 11 years, and Fayaz Ahmed鈥檚 was increased to 10 years after their sentences were referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.