From the Telegraph and Argus
The offences were committed largely in Dewsbury and Batley against three girls, one of whom was just 12 at the time offending against her began, and took place between 1995 and 2003
Proceedings began at Leeds Crown Court in July 2023, with six separate trials taking place. The last of those concluded in September 2024 with sentencing of the final suspect taking place in 2025.
To safeguard the fairness and integrity of the court process, reporting restrictions were imposed on the cases, and it has not been possible, until now, to release details of those sentenced.
Names and sentences
Ansar Mahmood Qayum, aged 49, from Dewsbury, was sentenced to 10 years for three offences of rape and two offences of indecent assault. This sentence was added to an existing 20 sentence imposed on Qayum at court in a separate trial in another case in 2022, making a total sentence of 30 years
Sajid Majid, aged 53, from Mirfield, was sentenced to 28 years for five offences of rape and three offences of indecent assault
Manaf Hussain, aged 51, from Heckmondwike, was sentenced to 25 years for six offences of rape and an offence of supplying Class A drugs
Tariq Azam, aged 57, from Dewsbury, was sentenced to 24 years for five offences of rape and four offences of indecent assault
Zulfiqar Ali, aged 47, from Dewsbury, was sentenced to 22 years, six months for four offences of rape
Aurrangzeb Azam, aged 56 , from Dewsbury, was sentenced to 20 years for ten offences of rape and an offence of indecent assault
Shakeel Haq, aged 58, from Birmingham, was sentenced to 19 years for three offences of rape and an offence of false imprisonment
Rafiq Patel , aged 73, from Batley, was sentenced to 18 years for two offences of rape.
Zaheed Ali Novsarka, aged 58, from Batley, was sentenced to 18 years for two offences of rape
Mohammed Sheikh, aged 53, from Batley, was sentenced to 14 years for two offences of rape and two offences of indecent assault.
Mohammed Yasin, aged 52, from Batley, was sentenced to 14 years for an offence of rape and two indecent assaults.
Liaquat Hussain Hanif, aged 49, from Batley, was sentenced to 12 years, six months for two offences of rape and an offence of supplying Class A drugs.
Ebrahim Mananiat, aged 56, from Batley, was sentenced to 12 years for two offences of rape.
Ibrahim Khalifa, aged 87, from Bradford, was sentenced to 11 years for two offences of rape.
Shafiq Siddique, aged 56, from Dewsbury, was sentenced to 11 years for an offence of rape.
Mohammed Munir Shaffi, aged 48 from Dewsbury, was sentenced to nine years for two offences of rape.
Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain, aged 51, from Dewsbury, was sentenced to eight years for an offence of rape.
Abbas Kaji, aged 57, from Batley, was sentenced to seven years for an offence of rape.
Donna Lynn, aged 45, from Cleckheaton, was sentenced to three years for an offence of controlling prostitution.
Tasawar Hussain, aged 46, from Dewsbury, was sentenced to three years for an offence of rape.
Two other men were found by a court to have committed the acts they were charged with but were judged as unfit to enter pleas
DCI Rob Stevens of Kirklees District Police said: “This has been a major investigation into truly appalling sexual abuse of vulnerable girls in Kirklees by a large number of sexual predators. . . The very significant jailed terms given to some of these men, such as the 28-year sentence for Sajid Majid or the 20 year sentence handed to Aurrangzeb Azam who was found guilty of 10 separate rapes, speak volumes about their depravity and the abuse meted out to victims in this case. .. “
