Over 20 sexual predators who ‘traded young girls at a whim’ are pictured for first time after being jailed for 346 years
Among them are a man whose sex abuse offending was on a scale that "can barely be believed"
THESE are the faces of 24 sexual predators who “traded young girls at whim” in one the UK’s biggest ever child sex abuse rings.
The monsters – jailed for a total of 346 years – committed the worst crimes imaginable against eight then-young girls in West Yorkshire between 1999 and 2012.
Among them are a man whose sex offending was on a scale that “can barely be believed”.
The latest eight were jailed on Friday as part of Operation Tourway, a multi-year investigation into non-recent sexual exploitation of the girls in North Kirklees.
Their conviction means 25 have so far been sentenced for their roles in the rape, sexual abuse and trafficking of the girls, which took place in towns like Batley and Dewsbury.
Three of the ring were jailed for more than 30 years in what West Yorkshire Police described as “absolutely shocking offending”.
24 of them – some of which are smirking in their mugshots – can now be identified for the first time following the lifting of strict reporting restrictions.
They are: Asif Ali, 53, from Batley; Mohammed Tausif Hanif, 39, from Dewsbury; Ali Shah, 38, from Dewsbury; Moshin Nadat, 38, from Heckmondwike and Sarfraz Miraf, 38, from Dewsbury.
Also caged were Mohammed Nazam Nasser, 38, and Amir Ali Hussain, 45, both from Batley.
One man was made subject of a hospital order.
The crimes of Asif Ali, 53, were on a scale that police said “can barely be believed”.
‘TRADED AT WHIM’
He was found guilty of 14 rape offences and appalling sexual abuse and sentenced to 24 years.
DCI Oliver Coates of Kirklees Police, said Ali, like the others, “saw their young victims as defenceless commodities to be abused and traded at whim”.
He added: “Far from being powerless however, those young women have instead fought back as adults and forced them to account for their crimes.
“They displayed real courage and determination in giving evidence through what have been lengthy trials and supporting our investigations.”
Arrests were conducted from November 2018 across the West Yorkshire area.
All of the suspects were charged in December 2020 with court proceedings starting on December 11.
They were sentenced as part of five trials heard at Leeds Crown Court between 2022 and 2024.
ROT IN HELL
The monsters and their sentences:
- Khurum Raziq, 42, from Heckmondwike sentenced to 22 years in 2002 after being found guilty of eight offences of rape.
- Nasar Hussain, 46, from Dewsbury sentenced to 18 years in 2002 after being found guilty of three rape offences.
- Zafar Qayum, 44, from Dewsbury sentenced in 2022 to 30 years for six counts of rape, five counts of indecent assault and three counts of aiding and abetting rape.
- Ansar Qayum, 47, from Dewsbury was sentenced in 2002 to 20 years for four counts of rape and one offence of attempted indecent assault.
- Mohammed Jabbar Qayum, 43, from Dewsbury was sentenced in 2022 to 13 years for two offences of rape committed against one victim.
- Mohammed Imran Zada, 45, from Batley sentenced to 15 years for four offences of rape and an offence of sexual activity with a child.
- Michael Birkenshaw, 37, from Wakefield was sentenced to eight years for an offence of rape.
- Amran Mehrban, 40, from Batley sentenced to 13 years for two offences of rape and an offence of assault by penetration.
- Sarkaut Yasen, 38, from Dewsbury sentenced to 15 years for an offence of trafficking and three offences of aiding and abetting rape.
- Mohammed Saleem Nasir, 48, from Dewsbury sentenced to 19 years for three offences of rape and an offence of aiding and abetting rape.
- Irfan Khan, 37, from Batley sentenced to 12 years and five years extended licence for three offences of rape and an offence of making threats to kill.
- Omar Farooq Hussain, 39, from Batley was sentenced to 18 years for four offences of rape.
- Sarfraz Hussain Riaz, 40, from Dewsbury was sentenced to 15 years for two offences of rape and an offence of attempted rape.
- Zafar Iqbal, 38, from Batley was sentenced to 17 years for an offence of indecency with child, trafficking and three offences of rape.
- Nasar Iqbal, 38, from Batley was sentenced to 10 years for an offence of trafficking / and an offence of rape.
- Mohammed Chothia, 47, from Batley was sentenced to 17 years for four offences of rape and an offence of trafficking.
- Bilal Patel, 42, from Leicester was sentenced to 13 years for an offence of trafficking and an offence of rape.
- Asif Ali, 53, from Batley was sentenced to 24 years for 14 counts of rape, two offences of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and offences of trafficking for sexual exploitation, intentionally encouraging or assisting an offender and aiding, abetting or procuring rape.
- Mohammed Tauseef Hanif, 39, from Dewsbury was jailed for nine and a half years for an offence of rape.
- Ali Shah, 38, from Dewsbury was sentenced to 10 years for one offence of rape.
- Moshin Nadat, 38, from Heckmondwike was sentenced to seven and a half years for one offence of rape.
- Safraz Miraf, 49, from Dewsbury was sentenced to four and a half years for an offence of attempted rape.
- Mohammed Nazam Nasser, 38, from Batley was sentenced to seven and a half years for an offence of rape.
- Amir Ali Hussain, 45, from Batley was sentenced to eight years for an offence of rape.