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A sick grooming gang of 20 males have been jailed for a complete of 219 years after being convicted of raping and abusing weak women as younger as 12.

The group, who had not beforehand been named because of authorized causes, can now be recognized after the choose lifted reporting restrictions.

Consisting of 20 males, the abhorrent group sexually abused and exploited 4 women aged between 12 and 16 in Calderdale, West Yorkshire between 2001 and 2010.

Allegations had been first made in 2016, inflicting the police to launch what was described as “extremely complex and sensitive investigations into a number of separate allegations.”

An preliminary investigation noticed officers examine allegations made by two women who stated they had been the victims of sexual abuse and exploitation between 2006 and 2009 once they had been as younger as 13.

A 3rd lady got here ahead later that 12 months to allege that she had been abused on the age of 13 by the gang, inflicting the police to launch a second probe.

Two years later, a 3rd investigation was launched after one other sufferer informed how she had been abused on the age of 12 between 2001 and 2002.

Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Claire Smith of Calderdale District Police, stated: “Firstly, I want to acknowledge the sheer courage of the victims and survivors in each of these investigations; not only for having the bravery to come forward initially but also for enduring the criminal justice system and the weight of criminal trials and reporting restrictions in place.

“Due to authorized restrictions, it has not been potential to publicise these outcomes till now.

“I welcome the sentences handed to these offenders for the abhorrent abuse these young girls were subjected to, which was heard by the jurors in each trial over the last few years.

“Tackling baby sexual exploitation and abuse is a high precedence for West Yorkshire Police and our companions.

“This is an abhorrent crime which has a lifelong impact on victims and survivors.

“I hope highlighting the prosecution of those offenders will function a reminder that we’ll proceed to do all we will to place perpetrators behind bars and shield victims and survivors.

He added that it’s by no means to late for victims of sexual abuse to return ahead.

He stated: “I encourage anybody who was abused as a baby to talk to somebody and search assist.

“Reports of non-recent abuse are handled by officers who are specially trained in supporting victims and survivors and dealing with such sensitive cases.”

The sentences, which ranged in size from 7-16 years, had been handed out after six separate trials held between 2021 and 2024.

Two defendants, Nadeem Adalat, 39 and Vaseem Adalat, 38 who went on trial in January 2022, appealed their convictions of 14 and 12 years respectively.

Both had two years added on to their sentence following the attraction.

Five males, all from Halifax, had been convicted after the primary trial, which began in October 2021 at Bradford Crown Court.

They had been:

• Shahzad Nowaz, 45, who was discovered responsible of rape and making threats to kill and sentenced to a complete of 11 years.
  -Nadeem Nassir, 44, who was discovered responsible of rape and making threats to kill and sentenced to a complete of 11 years.

• Sajid Adalat, 48, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to a complete of seven years.

• Sohail Zaffer, 41, who was pled responsible to rape and provide of a category C drug and sentenced to a complete of 42 months.

• Shazad Nazir, 49, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to a complete of 11 years.

At a second trial, which began in January 2022, three different males – additionally from Halifax – had been jailed for his or her roles.
They had been:

• Nadeem Adalat, 39, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to 14 years, which was elevated to a complete of 16 years after attraction.

• Asad Mahmood, 38, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to a complete of 13 years.

• Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal, 39, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to a complete of 9 years.

• Vaseem Adalat, 38, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to 12 years, which was elevated to a complete of 14 years and 6 months after an attraction.

In 2016, a separate investigation was launched by police after reviews of the sexual abuse of a weak younger lady between 2002 and 2006, beginning when she was 13.

After a trial in August 2022 at Bradford Crown Court , Amir Shaban, 48, of Halifax, was discovered responsible of rape and jailed for 10 years.

A second trial into the identical sufferer began in October 2022 at Bradford Crown Court and resulted within the conviction of six different males, all from Halifax.

They had been:

• Malik Quadeer, 67, who was discovered responsible of 5 counts of rape and jailed for 22 years.

• Mohammed Ziarab, 55, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to 10 years.

• Imran Raja Yasin, 45, who was discovered responsible of rape and jailed for 10 years.

• Kamran Amin, 48, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to 10 years.

• Mohammed Akhtar, 54, who was discovered responsible of rape and died in jail after being sentenced to 11 years.

• Saquab Hussain, 46, who was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to seven years and 6 months.

A 3rd trial into the identical sufferer started in January 2024 at Bradford Crown Court, which resulted within the convictions of three extra males.

They had been:

• Haroon Sadiq, 40, of Halifax, who was discovered responsible of two counts of rape and sentenced to 10 years.

• Shafiq Ali Rafiq, 44, of Dewsbury, who was discovered responsible of two counts of rape, sentenced to 12 years.

• Sarfraz Rabnawaz, 39, of Bradford, who was discovered responsible of two counts of rape, sentenced to 9 years.

In 2018, an investigation was launched into the sexual abuse of a fourth lady – aged between 12 and 13 – within the Calderdale space between 2001 and 2002.

Craig Mitchell, 55, of Halifax, was discovered responsible of rape at Bradford Crown Court and jailed for to 12 years.