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A former council cabinet member tried to fraudulently claim thousands from the government's Covid recovery fund.
Harman Banger, 40, and his wife Neena Kumari, 38, of Bilston Road, in Wolverhampton, applied for £10,000 for a defunct pizza restaurant.
The money was not awarded after police found the restaurant was in a state of disrepair and was not even connected to an electricity supply.
The pair were both found guilty of fraud by false representation.
After appearing at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, the couple were granted unconditional bail ahead of sentencing at the city's Crown court on 14 January.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Mr Banger had used his knowledge from having cabinet responsibilities at the City of Wolverhampton Council to "cheat the system".
His wife submitted an application in April 2020 for a small business grant for the firm they both owned, Pizza Plus, claiming it had been operating since October 2019.
With support from West Midlands Police, the council's own counter-fraud team found the business had not been connected to electricity until the month after the application was submitted. The restaurant was also boarded up and clearly not in operation.
The CPS said Mr Banger, who suspended from Labour when allegations emerged, "abused his position of power... in order to defraud the public at a time of national crisis".
In the week before his arrest in June 2020, he had stood down from his cabinet job for city economy.
The BBC has approached the City of Wolverhampton Council for comment.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-59701935
Harman Banger, 40, and his wife Neena Kumari, 38, of Bilston Road, in Wolverhampton, applied for £10,000 for a defunct pizza restaurant.
The money was not awarded after police found the restaurant was in a state of disrepair and was not even connected to an electricity supply.
The pair were both found guilty of fraud by false representation.
After appearing at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, the couple were granted unconditional bail ahead of sentencing at the city's Crown court on 14 January.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Mr Banger had used his knowledge from having cabinet responsibilities at the City of Wolverhampton Council to "cheat the system".
His wife submitted an application in April 2020 for a small business grant for the firm they both owned, Pizza Plus, claiming it had been operating since October 2019.
With support from West Midlands Police, the council's own counter-fraud team found the business had not been connected to electricity until the month after the application was submitted. The restaurant was also boarded up and clearly not in operation.
The CPS said Mr Banger, who suspended from Labour when allegations emerged, "abused his position of power... in order to defraud the public at a time of national crisis".
In the week before his arrest in June 2020, he had stood down from his cabinet job for city economy.
The BBC has approached the City of Wolverhampton Council for comment.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-59701935
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Yorkshire county lines drugs gang members face jail
Four people have been convicted of selling heroin and crack cocaine in Hull and East Yorkshire as part of a county lines drugs gang.
Two men from West Yorkshire were jailed on Thursday for their role after being found guilty in a trial at Hull Crown Court of distributing Class A drugs.
Hassan Mahmood, 22, of Lonsdale Street, Bradford, was jailed for eight years.
Asif Ansari, 23, of Back Ripley Street, Keighley, was sentenced to three years and nine months in jail.
Joanne Delaney, 35, of Hessle Road, Hull, who appeared in court at an earlier date, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.
She had been charged with possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and possession with intent to supply heroin.
Meanwhile, Sajadd Iqbal, 30, of Fulford Walk, Bradford, who pleaded guilty after being charged with six counts of supplying Class A drugs and possession of cannabis, is awaiting sentencing.
Det Sgt Matthew Grantham, from Humberside Police, said: "Hopefully, the sentences handed to these two men, and those working beneath them, will serve as a warning to others looking to come to our area to deal drugs that they're not welcome here and we won't tolerate it.
"By stopping this gang's activities, we have prevented significant amounts of drugs from being sold on the streets of Hull and the associated crime and anti-social behaviour that goes with this kind of offending."
A 24-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman remained under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, police said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-59780122
Four people have been convicted of selling heroin and crack cocaine in Hull and East Yorkshire as part of a county lines drugs gang.
Two men from West Yorkshire were jailed on Thursday for their role after being found guilty in a trial at Hull Crown Court of distributing Class A drugs.
Hassan Mahmood, 22, of Lonsdale Street, Bradford, was jailed for eight years.
Asif Ansari, 23, of Back Ripley Street, Keighley, was sentenced to three years and nine months in jail.
Joanne Delaney, 35, of Hessle Road, Hull, who appeared in court at an earlier date, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.
She had been charged with possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and possession with intent to supply heroin.
Meanwhile, Sajadd Iqbal, 30, of Fulford Walk, Bradford, who pleaded guilty after being charged with six counts of supplying Class A drugs and possession of cannabis, is awaiting sentencing.
Det Sgt Matthew Grantham, from Humberside Police, said: "Hopefully, the sentences handed to these two men, and those working beneath them, will serve as a warning to others looking to come to our area to deal drugs that they're not welcome here and we won't tolerate it.
"By stopping this gang's activities, we have prevented significant amounts of drugs from being sold on the streets of Hull and the associated crime and anti-social behaviour that goes with this kind of offending."
A 24-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman remained under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, police said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-59780122
A man who beat his father to death with a cricket bat and a metal dog bowl has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.
Santokh Singh, 59, known as Charlie, was attacked by his son Phillip Badwal, 25, at their home in Airedale Road, Bradford, on 30 November 2020.
Bradford Crown Court heard Badwal, who was on bail at the time of the attack, inflicted "unspeakable violence" after an argument with his father.
He initially denied murder but changed his plea on day two of his trial.
Mr Singh, who had worked as a publican and an engineer, suffered extensive skull fractures, fractures to his face and nose and a broken leg during the 20-minute attack at the family home.
Judge Jonathan Rose described the murder as "a savage, brutal and prolonged attack on a defenceless and vulnerable man".
The court heard Badwal had previously subjected his father to threats and violence and had forced him to go out and buy drugs for him as well as pay off drug debts.
The day before the attack Mr Singh had gone with relatives to see a new flat, having said how unhappy he had been in the family home.
After the attack Badwal called drug dealer numbers instead of emergency services.
He also tried to cover his tracks by throwing the cricket bat over a neighbour's fence, disposing of his phone and telling police his father had come home that morning badly injured.
Barrister Peter Moulson QC said Badwal's addiction to drugs was the root cause of the offending and his client could not recall what had happened in the house.
At the time of the attack, he was on bail for his involvement in multiple street robberies and was jailed for five years at Leicester Crown Court in May.
Speaking after the hearing Det Supt Tony Nicholson, said: "Badwal unleashed a serious and sustained assault on his father in the house that they shared, leaving him with injuries which were to sadly prove fatal.
"Rather than seek urgent medical attention for his seriously injured father, Badwal contacted drug dealers before finally ringing the emergency services, who, despite their best efforts, were unable to revive Mr Singh."
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Santokh Singh, 59, known as Charlie, was attacked by his son Phillip Badwal, 25, at their home in Airedale Road, Bradford, on 30 November 2020.
Bradford Crown Court heard Badwal, who was on bail at the time of the attack, inflicted "unspeakable violence" after an argument with his father.
He initially denied murder but changed his plea on day two of his trial.
Mr Singh, who had worked as a publican and an engineer, suffered extensive skull fractures, fractures to his face and nose and a broken leg during the 20-minute attack at the family home.
Judge Jonathan Rose described the murder as "a savage, brutal and prolonged attack on a defenceless and vulnerable man".
The court heard Badwal had previously subjected his father to threats and violence and had forced him to go out and buy drugs for him as well as pay off drug debts.
The day before the attack Mr Singh had gone with relatives to see a new flat, having said how unhappy he had been in the family home.
After the attack Badwal called drug dealer numbers instead of emergency services.
He also tried to cover his tracks by throwing the cricket bat over a neighbour's fence, disposing of his phone and telling police his father had come home that morning badly injured.
Barrister Peter Moulson QC said Badwal's addiction to drugs was the root cause of the offending and his client could not recall what had happened in the house.
At the time of the attack, he was on bail for his involvement in multiple street robberies and was jailed for five years at Leicester Crown Court in May.
Speaking after the hearing Det Supt Tony Nicholson, said: "Badwal unleashed a serious and sustained assault on his father in the house that they shared, leaving him with injuries which were to sadly prove fatal.
"Rather than seek urgent medical attention for his seriously injured father, Badwal contacted drug dealers before finally ringing the emergency services, who, despite their best efforts, were unable to revive Mr Singh."
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Derby-run drugs gang who made £400k a day is sentenced
Members of a drugs gang who imported more than £165m of cocaine into the UK have been jailed.
The Derby-based ringleader Paldip Mahngar bought around 100kg of the drug from contacts in Dubai using encrypted mobile phone messages.
Police said it was then sent across the country with the group at one point making an estimated £400,000 a day.
The 21-strong gang were sentenced after multiple trials, with Mahngar being jailed for 18 years and three months.
Mahngar, 45, ran the operation from his terraced house in Willow Close, Darley Abbey.
Officers said the logistics of moving the drugs was organised by Jaswant Kajla 41, of Bluebird Drive, Coventry, who also collected money from the gang's customers.
The money was dealt with by the gang's accountant Manraj Johal, who kept detailed Excel spreadsheets that showed the incomings, outgoings, and expenses of the gang.
Using another encrypted phone Johal, 32, of Turnpike Drive, Luton, would then contact the suppliers of the drugs to update them about how much money was being made.
The gang had two "offices" in Luton and Derby, with an estimated £18.6m being made by the gang between 16 March and 30 April 2020, said police.
The Derby office was run Manvir Singh, 33, (also known as Manveer Khakh) who would sort bundles of cash, assigning an individual token number to each before giving them to couriers for distribution.
Officers believe the gang's total earnings over the 408-day conspiracy to be £165,208,208.
Derbyshire Police said they were already investigating the gang when detectives were supplied with further evidence after the secure EncroChat phone system the gang were using was taken down.
The system, which was used by criminals across the world, was infiltrated by law enforcement in Europe who then passed the information to UK authorities.
Police then intercepted 7kg of cocaine being transported in Derby in April 2020.
The extent of the cash being turned over was shown in June 2020, when officers found money counter Nimrat Bahia mid-way through bundling £530k at a London apartment.
DCI Tim Walters, who led the investigation, said: "It was huge.
"We saw bags of thousands of pounds being handed over on street corners, we saw holdalls of cash being transported in taxis.
"They were using both residential and business properties as banks, which would hold between £1m - £2m at a time."
Following four trials last year, members of the gang were sentenced for a variety of counts at Derby Crown Court.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59913673
Members of a drugs gang who imported more than £165m of cocaine into the UK have been jailed.
The Derby-based ringleader Paldip Mahngar bought around 100kg of the drug from contacts in Dubai using encrypted mobile phone messages.
Police said it was then sent across the country with the group at one point making an estimated £400,000 a day.
The 21-strong gang were sentenced after multiple trials, with Mahngar being jailed for 18 years and three months.
Mahngar, 45, ran the operation from his terraced house in Willow Close, Darley Abbey.
Officers said the logistics of moving the drugs was organised by Jaswant Kajla 41, of Bluebird Drive, Coventry, who also collected money from the gang's customers.
The money was dealt with by the gang's accountant Manraj Johal, who kept detailed Excel spreadsheets that showed the incomings, outgoings, and expenses of the gang.
Using another encrypted phone Johal, 32, of Turnpike Drive, Luton, would then contact the suppliers of the drugs to update them about how much money was being made.
The gang had two "offices" in Luton and Derby, with an estimated £18.6m being made by the gang between 16 March and 30 April 2020, said police.
The Derby office was run Manvir Singh, 33, (also known as Manveer Khakh) who would sort bundles of cash, assigning an individual token number to each before giving them to couriers for distribution.
Officers believe the gang's total earnings over the 408-day conspiracy to be £165,208,208.
Derbyshire Police said they were already investigating the gang when detectives were supplied with further evidence after the secure EncroChat phone system the gang were using was taken down.
The system, which was used by criminals across the world, was infiltrated by law enforcement in Europe who then passed the information to UK authorities.
Police then intercepted 7kg of cocaine being transported in Derby in April 2020.
The extent of the cash being turned over was shown in June 2020, when officers found money counter Nimrat Bahia mid-way through bundling £530k at a London apartment.
DCI Tim Walters, who led the investigation, said: "It was huge.
"We saw bags of thousands of pounds being handed over on street corners, we saw holdalls of cash being transported in taxis.
"They were using both residential and business properties as banks, which would hold between £1m - £2m at a time."
Following four trials last year, members of the gang were sentenced for a variety of counts at Derby Crown Court.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59913673
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Sophie Khan: TV expert solicitor jailed for contempt of court
A prominent solicitor has been jailed by a High Court judge for refusing to hand over her clients' files after her firm was forcibly shut down.
Sophie Khan describes herself as a legal expert on Tasers and has frequently appeared on TV and radio.
Her Leicester-based firm was closed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in August while it investigates her for allegations of dishonesty.
It suspended her from practising, but she declined to give the SRA her files.
She then repeatedly refused to do so despite two court orders and a warrant being issued for her arrest.
Mr Justice Leech has now given her a six-month sentence for contempt of court for breaching the two court orders.
"I consider Ms Khan's contempt of the court to be serious," he said in his judgment.
"Her failure to comply with the orders involved not only an attack on the administration of justice, but also defiance of her regulator."
However, Ms Khan will not have to serve three months of the sentence if she hands over the files and various other documents and records within six weeks.
'Considering all options'
She is also entitled to be released after serving half the sentence under section 258 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
This means she will either serve three months in prison or six weeks.
Janes Solicitors, which represents Ms Khan, said in a comment to the BBC: "We are disappointed that the judge saw fit to impose any sort of prison sentence.
"We are urgently considering all options open to Ms Khan in respect of the findings of Mr Justice Leech and the sanctions imposed, including an appeal to the Court of Appeal."
Sophie Khan on NewsnightHer real name is Soophia Khan but she appears in the media as Sophie Khan, and her firm was called Sophie Khan & Co Ltd.
The SRA confirmed in August that it was investigating the firm over allegations of dishonesty, adding that she and the firm had failed to comply with its code of conduct and a number of rules and principles.
The BBC asked the SRA what the dishonesty allegations were, but a spokesman said he could not give details because the investigation was ongoing.Ms Khan has previously attracted controversy for some of her views on policing.
In August 2020 she spoke against a campaign by the widow of PC Andrew Harper, who wanted mandatory life sentences for the killers of emergency service workers.
She tweeted that it was "wrong of PC Harper's family to say they have faced injustice" because she felt his killers had received "severe sentences" for manslaughter.
TV presenter and former police officer Rav Wilding was among those to criticise her, saying her tweet was "very unprofessional".
But Ms Khan did not back down, and later appeared on Sky News where she said: "We cannot now have a new law based on the sympathy of one family."
Lissie Harper's campaign has since been backed by the government, and the Ministry of Justice has said it aims to pass Harper's Law in England and Wales "as soon as possible".In January 2020 Ms Khan criticised PC Stuart Outten, who was repeatedly slashed in a machete attack and defended himself using a Taser.
Ms Khan, who has represented people injured by Tasers, wrote on Twitter she was surprised the Metropolitan Police had not "started disciplinary action against PC Outten for assault and battery" against his attacker.
Her comments were condemned by the Metropolitan Police Federation, and PC Outten has since been given a national bravery award.
In 2019 Ms Khan was barred from holding any position at the Law Society for five years, although the Law Society has not said why. She had previously been chair of its civil justice committee.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59980799
A prominent solicitor has been jailed by a High Court judge for refusing to hand over her clients' files after her firm was forcibly shut down.
Sophie Khan describes herself as a legal expert on Tasers and has frequently appeared on TV and radio.
Her Leicester-based firm was closed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in August while it investigates her for allegations of dishonesty.
It suspended her from practising, but she declined to give the SRA her files.
She then repeatedly refused to do so despite two court orders and a warrant being issued for her arrest.
Mr Justice Leech has now given her a six-month sentence for contempt of court for breaching the two court orders.
"I consider Ms Khan's contempt of the court to be serious," he said in his judgment.
"Her failure to comply with the orders involved not only an attack on the administration of justice, but also defiance of her regulator."
However, Ms Khan will not have to serve three months of the sentence if she hands over the files and various other documents and records within six weeks.
'Considering all options'
She is also entitled to be released after serving half the sentence under section 258 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
This means she will either serve three months in prison or six weeks.
Janes Solicitors, which represents Ms Khan, said in a comment to the BBC: "We are disappointed that the judge saw fit to impose any sort of prison sentence.
"We are urgently considering all options open to Ms Khan in respect of the findings of Mr Justice Leech and the sanctions imposed, including an appeal to the Court of Appeal."
Sophie Khan on NewsnightHer real name is Soophia Khan but she appears in the media as Sophie Khan, and her firm was called Sophie Khan & Co Ltd.
The SRA confirmed in August that it was investigating the firm over allegations of dishonesty, adding that she and the firm had failed to comply with its code of conduct and a number of rules and principles.
The BBC asked the SRA what the dishonesty allegations were, but a spokesman said he could not give details because the investigation was ongoing.Ms Khan has previously attracted controversy for some of her views on policing.
In August 2020 she spoke against a campaign by the widow of PC Andrew Harper, who wanted mandatory life sentences for the killers of emergency service workers.
She tweeted that it was "wrong of PC Harper's family to say they have faced injustice" because she felt his killers had received "severe sentences" for manslaughter.
TV presenter and former police officer Rav Wilding was among those to criticise her, saying her tweet was "very unprofessional".
But Ms Khan did not back down, and later appeared on Sky News where she said: "We cannot now have a new law based on the sympathy of one family."
Lissie Harper's campaign has since been backed by the government, and the Ministry of Justice has said it aims to pass Harper's Law in England and Wales "as soon as possible".In January 2020 Ms Khan criticised PC Stuart Outten, who was repeatedly slashed in a machete attack and defended himself using a Taser.
Ms Khan, who has represented people injured by Tasers, wrote on Twitter she was surprised the Metropolitan Police had not "started disciplinary action against PC Outten for assault and battery" against his attacker.
Her comments were condemned by the Metropolitan Police Federation, and PC Outten has since been given a national bravery award.
In 2019 Ms Khan was barred from holding any position at the Law Society for five years, although the Law Society has not said why. She had previously been chair of its civil justice committee.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59980799
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A 35-year-old man has been found guilty of stalking British number one tennis player Emma Raducanu.
Amrit Magar from Edgware was convicted at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Friday and will be sentenced at a later date.
Magar was captured on door camera footage at the 19-year-old player's south London home, where she lives with her parents, leaving notes and cards.
In a statement to the court, reported by the Daily Mail, Raducanu said she was now fearful of going out alone.
"Since all this has happened, I have felt creeped out. I feel very apprehensive if I go out, especially if I am on my own," she told police in a statement.
"Because of this I feel like my freedom has been taken away from me. I am constantly looking over my shoulder. I feel on edge and worried this could happen again. I don't feel safe in my own home which is where I should feel safest."
Magar visited Raducanu's home a number of times during December last year.
On one occasion, the former Amazon delivery driver left a hand-drawn map to show the tennis player he had walked 23 miles from his house in north-west London to reach her.
He also left her a note which read "you deserve love".
Raducanu, the reigning US Open champion, was named BBC Sport Personality of the Year in December
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Amrit Magar from Edgware was convicted at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Friday and will be sentenced at a later date.
Magar was captured on door camera footage at the 19-year-old player's south London home, where she lives with her parents, leaving notes and cards.
In a statement to the court, reported by the Daily Mail, Raducanu said she was now fearful of going out alone.
"Since all this has happened, I have felt creeped out. I feel very apprehensive if I go out, especially if I am on my own," she told police in a statement.
"Because of this I feel like my freedom has been taken away from me. I am constantly looking over my shoulder. I feel on edge and worried this could happen again. I don't feel safe in my own home which is where I should feel safest."
Magar visited Raducanu's home a number of times during December last year.
On one occasion, the former Amazon delivery driver left a hand-drawn map to show the tennis player he had walked 23 miles from his house in north-west London to reach her.
He also left her a note which read "you deserve love".
Raducanu, the reigning US Open champion, was named BBC Sport Personality of the Year in December
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Lord Ahmed: Ex-Labour peer jailed for child sex offences
Disgraced former Labour peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham has been jailed for five years and six months for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s.
He was found guilty in January of a serious sexual assault against a boy and the attempted rape of a young girl.
The abuse happened in Rotherham when he was a teenager, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Passing sentence, Mr Justice Lavender said his actions had had "profound and lifelong effects" on the victims.
The court heard Lord Ahmed, who was tried under his real name Nazir Ahmed, attempted to rape the girl twice in the early 1970s, when he was aged 16 or 17 but she was much younger.
The attack on the boy, who was aged under 11 at the time, also happened during the same period.
Ahmed, 64, had denied the charges, calling them a "malicious fiction", but a phone recording of a conversation between the two victims in 2016 showed they were not "made-up".
The judge said the offences were "so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified".
He said: "Your actions have had profound and lifelong effects on the girl and the boy, who have lived with what you did to them for between 46 and 53 years.
"The statements which they have made express more eloquently than I ever could how your actions have affected and continue to affect their lives in so many different and damaging ways."
The victim of the attempted rapes, who cannot be named due to the nature of the offences, said she had lived with "an overwhelming feeling of shame".
She told the court: "It was a burden I was made to carry, and it silenced me for many years.
"It is now time for me to pass that burden to him - the paedophile who I know feels no personal shame."
The male victim, who also cannot be named, said in a personal statement read out in court: "I buried the abuse and carried it with me on my own for years and years.
"I feel shame because of what these men did to me."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60260113
Disgraced former Labour peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham has been jailed for five years and six months for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s.
He was found guilty in January of a serious sexual assault against a boy and the attempted rape of a young girl.
The abuse happened in Rotherham when he was a teenager, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Passing sentence, Mr Justice Lavender said his actions had had "profound and lifelong effects" on the victims.
The court heard Lord Ahmed, who was tried under his real name Nazir Ahmed, attempted to rape the girl twice in the early 1970s, when he was aged 16 or 17 but she was much younger.
The attack on the boy, who was aged under 11 at the time, also happened during the same period.
Ahmed, 64, had denied the charges, calling them a "malicious fiction", but a phone recording of a conversation between the two victims in 2016 showed they were not "made-up".
The judge said the offences were "so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified".
He said: "Your actions have had profound and lifelong effects on the girl and the boy, who have lived with what you did to them for between 46 and 53 years.
"The statements which they have made express more eloquently than I ever could how your actions have affected and continue to affect their lives in so many different and damaging ways."
The victim of the attempted rapes, who cannot be named due to the nature of the offences, said she had lived with "an overwhelming feeling of shame".
She told the court: "It was a burden I was made to carry, and it silenced me for many years.
"It is now time for me to pass that burden to him - the paedophile who I know feels no personal shame."
The male victim, who also cannot be named, said in a personal statement read out in court: "I buried the abuse and carried it with me on my own for years and years.
"I feel shame because of what these men did to me."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60260113
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Justice has finally caught up with Lord Ahmed then I see, after many years of rumours, observations, and anecdotes.
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A Met Police officer who met a 15-year-old girl alone in a park and sent a 16-year-old girl dozens of text messages has been found guilty of misconduct in a public office.
PC Adnan Arib, 45, continued contact with both girls after meeting them while on duty, invited them both out and told another she was "very pretty".
The officer was based at Bethnal Green police station, in east London.
He told Southwark Crown Court he had only wanted to give "careers advice".
A jury convicted Arib, who will be sentenced on 3 March, of two counts of misconduct in a public office.
Jurors heard he continued contact with the 15-year-old after first being called to the girl's flat by her mother, who had accused her of stealing £10, in July 2019.
During a conversation in the teenager's bedroom, Arib asked the girl to write her phone number, name and other details on a piece of paper, the court was told.
He arranged to meet her in the park, the trial heard, and when the girl did not show up after school, Arib had texted her to remind her of the appointment and then they had met.
He then asked her if she had a boyfriend and suggested taking her out for a drink, which made the 15-year-old feel "uncomfortable", prosecutors told the trial.
He also asked the 16-year-old girl for her phone number and if she was in a relationship, and said she was "very pretty" and that he wanted to take her out, prosecutors said.
Arib invited her out after she had been brought into Bethnal Green police station following her being reported as a missing person, the court was told.
The officer accessed a police report about her and officers later found 47 text messages had been sent between them on a phone that he initially tried to deny was his.
He told jurors he had been "naive and foolish" but said he believed offering careers guidance to the two girls was part of his wider policing duties.
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PC Adnan Arib, 45, continued contact with both girls after meeting them while on duty, invited them both out and told another she was "very pretty".
The officer was based at Bethnal Green police station, in east London.
He told Southwark Crown Court he had only wanted to give "careers advice".
A jury convicted Arib, who will be sentenced on 3 March, of two counts of misconduct in a public office.
Jurors heard he continued contact with the 15-year-old after first being called to the girl's flat by her mother, who had accused her of stealing £10, in July 2019.
During a conversation in the teenager's bedroom, Arib asked the girl to write her phone number, name and other details on a piece of paper, the court was told.
He arranged to meet her in the park, the trial heard, and when the girl did not show up after school, Arib had texted her to remind her of the appointment and then they had met.
He then asked her if she had a boyfriend and suggested taking her out for a drink, which made the 15-year-old feel "uncomfortable", prosecutors told the trial.
He also asked the 16-year-old girl for her phone number and if she was in a relationship, and said she was "very pretty" and that he wanted to take her out, prosecutors said.
Arib invited her out after she had been brought into Bethnal Green police station following her being reported as a missing person, the court was told.
The officer accessed a police report about her and officers later found 47 text messages had been sent between them on a phone that he initially tried to deny was his.
He told jurors he had been "naive and foolish" but said he believed offering careers guidance to the two girls was part of his wider policing duties.
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Three women accused of murdering two young men who died in a crash on the A46 in Leicestershire have appeared in court.
TikTok star Mahek Bukhari, 22, her mum, Ansreen Bukhari, 45, and Natasha Akhtar, 21, are charged in relation to the deaths of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, whose silver Skoda Fabia crashed through the central reservation on the A46 carriageway, near the junction of Six Hills, at 1.30am on Friday February 11.
The two men, from Oxfordshire, were pronounced dead at the scene, Leicestershire Live reports.
Leicestershire Police confirmed that two other cars, a grey Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon, were also travelling in the area at the same time.
Mahek Bukhari and Ansreen Bukhari, both of Stoke-on-Trent, and Akhtar, of Birmingham, appeared at Leicester Crown Court this morning via a live video link from HMP Peterborough.
All three were wearing protective face masks while sitting next to each other, with Mahek Bukhari in the middle.
Each acknowledged their names when addressed by the court clerk.
There were no applications for bail during the 10 minute preliminary hearing.
The prosecutor, James House QC, told Judge Timothy Spencer QC that two men had also been charged in connection with both alleged murders and were due to appear in the city's magistrates court today.
They are 21-year-old Raees Jamal, of Loughborough, and 28-year-old Rekan Karwan, of Northfields, Leicester, both also charged with murder.
Mr House said they would also be brought to the crown court for a preliminary hearing in the next day or so.
All five defendants are expected to attend a crown court plea and case management hearing on Friday, March 18.
A provisional six week trial date was earmarked for Monday, September 26.
Judge Spencer remanded the three women back into custody.
He told them: "You face the most serious charge known to criminal law, do you know that?"
They replied: "Yes."
He told them they would be brought to court for the next hearing in March and asked if they understood, to which they also replied, "Yes."
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TikTok star Mahek Bukhari, 22, her mum, Ansreen Bukhari, 45, and Natasha Akhtar, 21, are charged in relation to the deaths of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, whose silver Skoda Fabia crashed through the central reservation on the A46 carriageway, near the junction of Six Hills, at 1.30am on Friday February 11.
The two men, from Oxfordshire, were pronounced dead at the scene, Leicestershire Live reports.
Leicestershire Police confirmed that two other cars, a grey Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon, were also travelling in the area at the same time.
Mahek Bukhari and Ansreen Bukhari, both of Stoke-on-Trent, and Akhtar, of Birmingham, appeared at Leicester Crown Court this morning via a live video link from HMP Peterborough.
All three were wearing protective face masks while sitting next to each other, with Mahek Bukhari in the middle.
Each acknowledged their names when addressed by the court clerk.
There were no applications for bail during the 10 minute preliminary hearing.
The prosecutor, James House QC, told Judge Timothy Spencer QC that two men had also been charged in connection with both alleged murders and were due to appear in the city's magistrates court today.
They are 21-year-old Raees Jamal, of Loughborough, and 28-year-old Rekan Karwan, of Northfields, Leicester, both also charged with murder.
Mr House said they would also be brought to the crown court for a preliminary hearing in the next day or so.
All five defendants are expected to attend a crown court plea and case management hearing on Friday, March 18.
A provisional six week trial date was earmarked for Monday, September 26.
Judge Spencer remanded the three women back into custody.
He told them: "You face the most serious charge known to criminal law, do you know that?"
They replied: "Yes."
He told them they would be brought to court for the next hearing in March and asked if they understood, to which they also replied, "Yes."
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Rotherham brothers take mosque leader hostage after he marries their sister in secret wedding
An Imam was kept in a room for two hours, beaten and had his beard shaved off after he took a secret wife.
The sister of Adal Ditta, 28, Imran Ditta, 33, and Shaban Ditta, 37, was reported missing in May last year.
The woman left her family home in Rotherham after marrying the Imam of her local mosque. The couple had been in a relationship for approximately two years before they married in the secret ceremony.
Prosecuting, James Baird told Sheffield Crown Court last week that on May 30 last year the woman messaged her mother on WhatsApp to tell her she was leaving for Birmingham to study Islam, when she was actually moving in with her husband.
Mr Baird said: "She turned her phone off. Her family were worried about her whereabouts and the police were contacted.
"She turned her phone back on three or four days later and saw she had a message from the police asking her to contact them and she did and she told them she was not missing."
Days later on June 7, the couple were travelling to the West Yorkshire border to visit a supermarket when they were spotted by Shaban Ditta who motioned for them to leave the motorway, which they did and the woman left the car to speak to her brother.
Mr Baird said: "She told him it was her choice and she wanted to be with him. Shaban Ditta told her he would support her and said 'let's talk to mum, I'll help' and he drove her towards her home.
"She then noticed Imran Ditta's car had been driven towards the complainant's [her husband's] which was still parked up.
"Imran Ditta stopped his car in front of it and then Adal Ditta arrived in a separate car."
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The court heard the man was eventually persuaded to get into a car to "sort matters out" at the family home.
When they arrived at the house, the two Ditta brothers were joined by distant relative Mohammed Jamil, 53, who punched him.
Upon the arrival of Shaban Ditta, the three Ditta brothers then punched the man to his face and head and his phone and car keys were taken from him.
Mr Baird said: "Imran Ditta asked for the pin number to his phone and he was struck to the face and told to put it in, which he did. Imran Ditta came back with an electric bear trimmer. He described Jamil laughing at him and he was put on the floor and kicked in the head and ribs. Imran Ditta and Mohammed Jamil held him on the floor while Adal Ditta shaved his beard."
The prosecutor added that the complainant in the case had said Jamil had threatened to "finish him, kill him" and called him "Satan."
Orders were made for the man to leave the town within 24 hours before a call was made to his brother, who in turn called the police.
Mr Baird said: "When police arrive Imran Ditta, Adal Ditta and Mohammed Jamil were arrested. The complainant had been at the house and assaulted for two hours. He was taken to casualty and it was found he had suffered multiple tissue tears to his head and face, lacerations to his face and pain to his right side."
During his police interview, Imran Ditta claimed the assault had happened "in the heat of the moment" and he had "ended up throwing a few punches" but his brother had shaved his beard off. He described the shaving as a "stupid mistake" and said he "recognised it was a symbol of respect and power."
When Shaban Ditta was eventually arrested, he told officers he had happened across the couple "by chance" on Meadowbank Road and he took her away to his ex-partner's home and when he returned to the house he noticed the man's beard had been shaved off.
Mr Baird said: "He said that he had no physical contact with the complainant and he did not cause any injuries."
In a victim personal statement read out to the court, the man said his life has been affected and added: "For the last 20 years I have worked as an Imam. I am highly respected but because of this my reputation has been highly damaged. I am embarrassed by the removal of my beard and I have had to live in hiding."
The court heard from Michael Walsh, mitigating for Imran Ditta, who said that during his eight-and-a-half months on remand in custody he has suffered financial and personal losses.
He said: "His wife has had their leave her job to care for the children and his mortgage has gone into arrears."
Mr Walsh added that the assault stemmed from "normal family angst" where the men's sister had disappeared and they were "upset and concerned" and when they saw her they were "relieved then angry and tempers flared" but his client "knows he should not have done what he did and he pleaded guilty because he knew he overstepped the mark."
Jeremy Robert Hill-Baker mitigating for Jamil said he is a "highly respected member of the community" who told a probation worker in his pre-sentence report that if he "could take it all back, I would."
Zaiban Alam for Shaban Ditta told the court that he has 18 previous convictions for 28 offences including wounding, but has turned his life around since his last conviction in 2018.
She added: "[The Ditta sister] was a young lady who had quite a sheltered life and in these circumstances where she went missing, her family were clearly distraught. His involvement is attributed to a single punch.
"They went for a drive and had a conversation about what she would like to do with her life and he said he would support her. He was not involved in any prolonged incident or shaving of the beard."
As he jailed for four defendants for a total of 30 months each, Judge Peter Kelson QC said the attack on the man was "sustained" and "persistent" but had not been charged as a religiously aggravated assault.
He said: "It was a sustained attack. It was a prolonged and persistent attack during which was victim was kicked and punched.
"It's because three of you disapproved of your sister's relationship and the fourth, their distant relative's relationship. She is an adult with every right to choose who she will marry.
"You had every right to disapprove but you took the law into your own hands. Three of you subjected him to a horrific two-hour ordeal and you shaved his beard in an action you took deliberately and it was gratituous degradation."
All four defendants were also ordered to pay a £190 surcharge within six months.
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An Imam was kept in a room for two hours, beaten and had his beard shaved off after he took a secret wife.
The sister of Adal Ditta, 28, Imran Ditta, 33, and Shaban Ditta, 37, was reported missing in May last year.
The woman left her family home in Rotherham after marrying the Imam of her local mosque. The couple had been in a relationship for approximately two years before they married in the secret ceremony.
Prosecuting, James Baird told Sheffield Crown Court last week that on May 30 last year the woman messaged her mother on WhatsApp to tell her she was leaving for Birmingham to study Islam, when she was actually moving in with her husband.
Mr Baird said: "She turned her phone off. Her family were worried about her whereabouts and the police were contacted.
"She turned her phone back on three or four days later and saw she had a message from the police asking her to contact them and she did and she told them she was not missing."
Days later on June 7, the couple were travelling to the West Yorkshire border to visit a supermarket when they were spotted by Shaban Ditta who motioned for them to leave the motorway, which they did and the woman left the car to speak to her brother.
Mr Baird said: "She told him it was her choice and she wanted to be with him. Shaban Ditta told her he would support her and said 'let's talk to mum, I'll help' and he drove her towards her home.
"She then noticed Imran Ditta's car had been driven towards the complainant's [her husband's] which was still parked up.
"Imran Ditta stopped his car in front of it and then Adal Ditta arrived in a separate car."
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The court heard the man was eventually persuaded to get into a car to "sort matters out" at the family home.
When they arrived at the house, the two Ditta brothers were joined by distant relative Mohammed Jamil, 53, who punched him.
Upon the arrival of Shaban Ditta, the three Ditta brothers then punched the man to his face and head and his phone and car keys were taken from him.
Mr Baird said: "Imran Ditta asked for the pin number to his phone and he was struck to the face and told to put it in, which he did. Imran Ditta came back with an electric bear trimmer. He described Jamil laughing at him and he was put on the floor and kicked in the head and ribs. Imran Ditta and Mohammed Jamil held him on the floor while Adal Ditta shaved his beard."
The prosecutor added that the complainant in the case had said Jamil had threatened to "finish him, kill him" and called him "Satan."
Orders were made for the man to leave the town within 24 hours before a call was made to his brother, who in turn called the police.
Mr Baird said: "When police arrive Imran Ditta, Adal Ditta and Mohammed Jamil were arrested. The complainant had been at the house and assaulted for two hours. He was taken to casualty and it was found he had suffered multiple tissue tears to his head and face, lacerations to his face and pain to his right side."
During his police interview, Imran Ditta claimed the assault had happened "in the heat of the moment" and he had "ended up throwing a few punches" but his brother had shaved his beard off. He described the shaving as a "stupid mistake" and said he "recognised it was a symbol of respect and power."
When Shaban Ditta was eventually arrested, he told officers he had happened across the couple "by chance" on Meadowbank Road and he took her away to his ex-partner's home and when he returned to the house he noticed the man's beard had been shaved off.
Mr Baird said: "He said that he had no physical contact with the complainant and he did not cause any injuries."
In a victim personal statement read out to the court, the man said his life has been affected and added: "For the last 20 years I have worked as an Imam. I am highly respected but because of this my reputation has been highly damaged. I am embarrassed by the removal of my beard and I have had to live in hiding."
The court heard from Michael Walsh, mitigating for Imran Ditta, who said that during his eight-and-a-half months on remand in custody he has suffered financial and personal losses.
He said: "His wife has had their leave her job to care for the children and his mortgage has gone into arrears."
Mr Walsh added that the assault stemmed from "normal family angst" where the men's sister had disappeared and they were "upset and concerned" and when they saw her they were "relieved then angry and tempers flared" but his client "knows he should not have done what he did and he pleaded guilty because he knew he overstepped the mark."
Jeremy Robert Hill-Baker mitigating for Jamil said he is a "highly respected member of the community" who told a probation worker in his pre-sentence report that if he "could take it all back, I would."
Zaiban Alam for Shaban Ditta told the court that he has 18 previous convictions for 28 offences including wounding, but has turned his life around since his last conviction in 2018.
She added: "[The Ditta sister] was a young lady who had quite a sheltered life and in these circumstances where she went missing, her family were clearly distraught. His involvement is attributed to a single punch.
"They went for a drive and had a conversation about what she would like to do with her life and he said he would support her. He was not involved in any prolonged incident or shaving of the beard."
As he jailed for four defendants for a total of 30 months each, Judge Peter Kelson QC said the attack on the man was "sustained" and "persistent" but had not been charged as a religiously aggravated assault.
He said: "It was a sustained attack. It was a prolonged and persistent attack during which was victim was kicked and punched.
"It's because three of you disapproved of your sister's relationship and the fourth, their distant relative's relationship. She is an adult with every right to choose who she will marry.
"You had every right to disapprove but you took the law into your own hands. Three of you subjected him to a horrific two-hour ordeal and you shaved his beard in an action you took deliberately and it was gratituous degradation."
All four defendants were also ordered to pay a £190 surcharge within six months.
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A man has been charged with murder after a mother was stabbed to death while her two children were at school.
The victim of the attack on Thursday in Bethnal Green, east London, was 40-year-old Yasmin Begum, who lived in the area.
Quyum Miah, 40, has been charged with murder, burglary and two counts of fraud by false representation, Scotland Yard said.
Mr Miah, of High Street, Homerton, is due to appear in custody at Barkingside Magistrates' Court later today.
Officers were called to Globe Road shortly after 4pm, after school staff raised the alarm when Ms Begum did not arrive to pick up her children.
The mother was found with stab injuries and despite the efforts of the emergency services, was declared dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination carried out on Saturday established the cause of death as multiple sharp force injuries, police said.
Anyone with information was urged to contact police.
Detective Chief Inspector Laurence Smith, who is leading the murder investigation, previously said it was "heartbreaking that yet another woman has been killed".
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The victim of the attack on Thursday in Bethnal Green, east London, was 40-year-old Yasmin Begum, who lived in the area.
Quyum Miah, 40, has been charged with murder, burglary and two counts of fraud by false representation, Scotland Yard said.
Mr Miah, of High Street, Homerton, is due to appear in custody at Barkingside Magistrates' Court later today.
Officers were called to Globe Road shortly after 4pm, after school staff raised the alarm when Ms Begum did not arrive to pick up her children.
The mother was found with stab injuries and despite the efforts of the emergency services, was declared dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination carried out on Saturday established the cause of death as multiple sharp force injuries, police said.
Anyone with information was urged to contact police.
Detective Chief Inspector Laurence Smith, who is leading the murder investigation, previously said it was "heartbreaking that yet another woman has been killed".
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Indian-Origin Doctor In UK Guilty Of Sex Offences Against 48 Patients
London: A 72-year-old Indian-origin doctor practicing in Scotland was on Thursday found guilty of sex offences against 48 female patients over 35 years.
Krishna Singh, a general practitioner (GP), was accused of kissing, groping, giving inappropriate examinations and making sleazy comments, charges that he had denied during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The GP insisted the patients were wrong and that some of the examinations were what he had been taught during medical training in India.
According to news reports from Scotland, the charges spanned between February 1983 and May 2018 and the offences mainly occurred at medical practices in North Lanarkshire, but also at a hospital accident and emergency department, a police station as well as during visits to patients' homes.
“The Crown case is that Dr Singh was in a routine of offending against women,” prosecutor Angela Gray told the court.
“Sometimes subtle or camouflaged, other times obvious and flagrant. Sexual offending was part of his working life,” she said.
Singh was seen as a respected member of the community, even awarded the royal Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) honour for his contribution to medical services.
An investigation into his conduct was launched after one woman reported him in 2018.
The doctor went on to be convicted of 54 charges against the victims, the crimes mainly consisting of multiple sexual and indecent assault.
He was found not proven on nine other charges and not guilty on a further two.
The judge hearing the case has deferred sentencing until next month and allowed Singh to be released on bail on condition that he surrendered his passport.
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London: A 72-year-old Indian-origin doctor practicing in Scotland was on Thursday found guilty of sex offences against 48 female patients over 35 years.
Krishna Singh, a general practitioner (GP), was accused of kissing, groping, giving inappropriate examinations and making sleazy comments, charges that he had denied during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The GP insisted the patients were wrong and that some of the examinations were what he had been taught during medical training in India.
According to news reports from Scotland, the charges spanned between February 1983 and May 2018 and the offences mainly occurred at medical practices in North Lanarkshire, but also at a hospital accident and emergency department, a police station as well as during visits to patients' homes.
“The Crown case is that Dr Singh was in a routine of offending against women,” prosecutor Angela Gray told the court.
“Sometimes subtle or camouflaged, other times obvious and flagrant. Sexual offending was part of his working life,” she said.
Singh was seen as a respected member of the community, even awarded the royal Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) honour for his contribution to medical services.
An investigation into his conduct was launched after one woman reported him in 2018.
The doctor went on to be convicted of 54 charges against the victims, the crimes mainly consisting of multiple sexual and indecent assault.
He was found not proven on nine other charges and not guilty on a further two.
The judge hearing the case has deferred sentencing until next month and allowed Singh to be released on bail on condition that he surrendered his passport.
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Former HSBC worker took £900,000 from customers' accounts
Issak pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by abuse of position and four counts under the Computer Misuse Act at Leicester Crown Court last year.
Leicestershire Police said HSBC identified three customers had seen payments made from their accounts without their knowledge or authority by either electronic funds transfer or bill payment.
All three victims, who are Nigerian, were in their home country at the time the transactions were taking place within the UK.
The force said the bank's investigation found that on two occasions unidentified suspects entered the Leicester branch and had gone directly over to the defendant, bypassing other staff.
Both suspects were then served by the defendant who failed to follow company protocol on checking of signatures.
Issak also pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, possession of a weapon for the discharge of an electrical incapacitation device and possession of criminal property.
This related to a quantity of cocaine with a street value of almost £700, a stun gun and £1,600 cash which were found in his car in December 2019.
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Issak pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by abuse of position and four counts under the Computer Misuse Act at Leicester Crown Court last year.
Leicestershire Police said HSBC identified three customers had seen payments made from their accounts without their knowledge or authority by either electronic funds transfer or bill payment.
All three victims, who are Nigerian, were in their home country at the time the transactions were taking place within the UK.
The force said the bank's investigation found that on two occasions unidentified suspects entered the Leicester branch and had gone directly over to the defendant, bypassing other staff.
Both suspects were then served by the defendant who failed to follow company protocol on checking of signatures.
Issak also pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, possession of a weapon for the discharge of an electrical incapacitation device and possession of criminal property.
This related to a quantity of cocaine with a street value of almost £700, a stun gun and £1,600 cash which were found in his car in December 2019.
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A fraudster who conned holidaymakers into paying for fake Covid-19 certificates has been jailed.
Saranjeet Trina Kandola traded as Travel Test Solutions Ltd, offering PCR tests for travel certificates costing between £60 and £149 per person.
However Warwickshire Trading Standards said the swabs were not tested and the documents were worthless.
On 11 May, Kandola, 41, of South View Road in Leamington Spa, was jailed for two years at Coventry Crown Court.
During the pandemic, many countries required proof of a negative Covid-19 test to allow travellers to enter.
Warwickshire Trading Standards said an investigation was launched into Kandola after a customer became concerned that the certificates they had received were fake.
It said Kandola, who advertised on social media, visited customers' homes to take swabs, with the certificates she provided stating testing had taken place at a Coventry-based laboratory and were negative for coronavirus.
But, trading standards said, the tests did not take place and the certificates issued were fake.
Trading standards said its officers were first alerted to the company on 21 December 2020, contacted it on the same day and Travel Test Solutions Ltd stopping trading immediately.
In a bid to hide her identity, trading standards said Kandola had used an online bank account in the name of an ex-partner and set up a website using a fake name.
The limited company was also set up in the name of another person, it added, with a fake Care Quality Commission number used on the certificates.
Kandola admitted five charges of fraud at an earlier hearing at Coventry Magistrates' Court.
At sentencing, she was also ordered to pay £220 compensation and a victim surcharge of £156.
She was also disqualified from being a company director for seven years.
Warwickshire County Councillor Andy Crump said: "It is unbelievable that someone should seek to attempt to scam holidaymakers in this way, leading people to believe that they were Covid-19 free when they could very well have had the virus."
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Saranjeet Trina Kandola traded as Travel Test Solutions Ltd, offering PCR tests for travel certificates costing between £60 and £149 per person.
However Warwickshire Trading Standards said the swabs were not tested and the documents were worthless.
On 11 May, Kandola, 41, of South View Road in Leamington Spa, was jailed for two years at Coventry Crown Court.
During the pandemic, many countries required proof of a negative Covid-19 test to allow travellers to enter.
Warwickshire Trading Standards said an investigation was launched into Kandola after a customer became concerned that the certificates they had received were fake.
It said Kandola, who advertised on social media, visited customers' homes to take swabs, with the certificates she provided stating testing had taken place at a Coventry-based laboratory and were negative for coronavirus.
But, trading standards said, the tests did not take place and the certificates issued were fake.
Trading standards said its officers were first alerted to the company on 21 December 2020, contacted it on the same day and Travel Test Solutions Ltd stopping trading immediately.
In a bid to hide her identity, trading standards said Kandola had used an online bank account in the name of an ex-partner and set up a website using a fake name.
The limited company was also set up in the name of another person, it added, with a fake Care Quality Commission number used on the certificates.
Kandola admitted five charges of fraud at an earlier hearing at Coventry Magistrates' Court.
At sentencing, she was also ordered to pay £220 compensation and a victim surcharge of £156.
She was also disqualified from being a company director for seven years.
Warwickshire County Councillor Andy Crump said: "It is unbelievable that someone should seek to attempt to scam holidaymakers in this way, leading people to believe that they were Covid-19 free when they could very well have had the virus."
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A man has been arrested after another man was stabbed in an attack at a mosque in Bradford amid Eid celebrations.
The victim, who is in his 20s, was seriously injured inside the Islamic Centre in Newton Street.
Police said emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 10:00 BST and found the man "seriously injured with a bladed weapon".
He is in a critical condition in hospital.
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I'm surprised no one has picked up on this.
Someone got stabbed in a Bradford Mosque on Eid.
If this is happening in mosques then I dread to imagine what is happening outside them.
The victim, who is in his 20s, was seriously injured inside the Islamic Centre in Newton Street.
Police said emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 10:00 BST and found the man "seriously injured with a bladed weapon".
He is in a critical condition in hospital.
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I'm surprised no one has picked up on this.
Someone got stabbed in a Bradford Mosque on Eid.
If this is happening in mosques then I dread to imagine what is happening outside them.
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Two men who subjected a girl to a "campaign of rape" starting when she was 12 years old have been jailed.
Khurum Raziq, 40, and Nasar Hussain, 44, repeatedly raped the girl between 2003 and 2006, in the Kirklees area of West Yorkshire.
Both denied a total of 11 rape offences between them but they were convicted after a trial at Leeds Crown Court.
Sentencing them, Judge Marson QC said the teenager was "deliberately targeted because of her age and vulnerability".
"This could be seen as a campaign of rape", he said.
Raziq, of Hill Top Estate, Heckmondwike, was jailed for 22 years. He denied eight counts of rape.
Hussain, of Brunswick Street, Dewsbury, was handed an 18-year jail term after denying three counts of rape.
During the trial jurors heard how, in 2003, the youngster met Raziq, a pizza delivery driver who was then aged 21, and they were having sex within weeks.
Leeds Crown Court heard the girl had been "passed around and abused by many men when she was locked in a room for three days"
Prosecutor David Brook QC said the girl had been groomed by the driver, plying her with alcohol, drugs and cigarettes.
She described how she was "brainwashed" believing he was her boyfriend and gave accounts of having sex with him in his car, his bedroom and an alleyway in Batley.
Following his arrest on 28 October, the pair continued to engage in sexual activity after he was released on bail, but no further police action was taken.
The court heard how she had later been "passed around" and sexually abused by more than 50 men.
On one occasion she was taken to Middlesbrough and "abused by many men when she was locked in a room for three days".
'Appalling' treatment
In 2005, when she was 14, she met Hussain who also groomed her for sex.
Jurors heard he had picked her up from school on a couple of occasions while she was wearing her uniform, but his barrister, Anastasis Tasou, said his client was not aware of her age.
The court heard how the victim "thought these guys cared for me and loved me".
Passing sentence, Judge Marson told the defendants they had shown no remorse and the victim had suffered psychological harm.
West Yorkshire Police said she was "thoroughly abused and exploited by predatory males who treated her in the most appalling fashion".
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Khurum Raziq, 40, and Nasar Hussain, 44, repeatedly raped the girl between 2003 and 2006, in the Kirklees area of West Yorkshire.
Both denied a total of 11 rape offences between them but they were convicted after a trial at Leeds Crown Court.
Sentencing them, Judge Marson QC said the teenager was "deliberately targeted because of her age and vulnerability".
"This could be seen as a campaign of rape", he said.
Raziq, of Hill Top Estate, Heckmondwike, was jailed for 22 years. He denied eight counts of rape.
Hussain, of Brunswick Street, Dewsbury, was handed an 18-year jail term after denying three counts of rape.
During the trial jurors heard how, in 2003, the youngster met Raziq, a pizza delivery driver who was then aged 21, and they were having sex within weeks.
Leeds Crown Court heard the girl had been "passed around and abused by many men when she was locked in a room for three days"
Prosecutor David Brook QC said the girl had been groomed by the driver, plying her with alcohol, drugs and cigarettes.
She described how she was "brainwashed" believing he was her boyfriend and gave accounts of having sex with him in his car, his bedroom and an alleyway in Batley.
Following his arrest on 28 October, the pair continued to engage in sexual activity after he was released on bail, but no further police action was taken.
The court heard how she had later been "passed around" and sexually abused by more than 50 men.
On one occasion she was taken to Middlesbrough and "abused by many men when she was locked in a room for three days".
'Appalling' treatment
In 2005, when she was 14, she met Hussain who also groomed her for sex.
Jurors heard he had picked her up from school on a couple of occasions while she was wearing her uniform, but his barrister, Anastasis Tasou, said his client was not aware of her age.
The court heard how the victim "thought these guys cared for me and loved me".
Passing sentence, Judge Marson told the defendants they had shown no remorse and the victim had suffered psychological harm.
West Yorkshire Police said she was "thoroughly abused and exploited by predatory males who treated her in the most appalling fashion".
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A fly-tipper has had his Mercedes van crushed by Kirklees Council as the authority warns anyone fly-tipping will get the same treatment.
Mohammed Eesaa Zaman, a director at Huddersfield company Bedworld Ltd Zaman and a company employee, pleaded guilty to fly-tipping at Huddersfield Magistrates Court.
As a result of the guilty plea, a destruction order was granted and Zaman's Mercedes van, valued at £8,000. It was promply sent to the crusher and a video issued by the council above, shows the moment it was torn apart.
Read more: Family's heartbreaking tribute to 'beautiful boy' as killer sentenced to life
The court heard Zaman had been spotted supervising waste being loaded into the Mercedes van at a house in Walker Street in Earlheaton. Zamam was later seen also supervising the waste being off-loaded to be fly-tipped in Dewsbury the same day.
The fly-tipped waste consisted of builder's waste, household furniture, household waste and white goods. It was disposed of by the council's parks department using trailers, council vehicles and an excavator, which cost £2,585.
Zaman lost his van and was fined £4,753, accounting for the cost of clean-up. The employee driving the fan was fined £300.
Councillor Naheed Mather, cabinet member for environment, said: “This is possibly the clearest message we can send to fly-tippers who think they can use Kirklees as their personal dumping ground and who believe they are above the law.
"We will not tolerate this criminal and anti-social behaviour, what is more, most Kirklees residents will not either. The successful outcome of this court case was aided by photographic evidence provided by residents who also gave witness statements about the guilty parties.
"On behalf of the Council and the other residents of Kirklees, I would like to thank them for their support. It just goes to show that together we can keep Kirklees cleaner and greener.”
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Mohammed Eesaa Zaman, a director at Huddersfield company Bedworld Ltd Zaman and a company employee, pleaded guilty to fly-tipping at Huddersfield Magistrates Court.
As a result of the guilty plea, a destruction order was granted and Zaman's Mercedes van, valued at £8,000. It was promply sent to the crusher and a video issued by the council above, shows the moment it was torn apart.
Read more: Family's heartbreaking tribute to 'beautiful boy' as killer sentenced to life
The court heard Zaman had been spotted supervising waste being loaded into the Mercedes van at a house in Walker Street in Earlheaton. Zamam was later seen also supervising the waste being off-loaded to be fly-tipped in Dewsbury the same day.
The fly-tipped waste consisted of builder's waste, household furniture, household waste and white goods. It was disposed of by the council's parks department using trailers, council vehicles and an excavator, which cost £2,585.
Zaman lost his van and was fined £4,753, accounting for the cost of clean-up. The employee driving the fan was fined £300.
Councillor Naheed Mather, cabinet member for environment, said: “This is possibly the clearest message we can send to fly-tippers who think they can use Kirklees as their personal dumping ground and who believe they are above the law.
"We will not tolerate this criminal and anti-social behaviour, what is more, most Kirklees residents will not either. The successful outcome of this court case was aided by photographic evidence provided by residents who also gave witness statements about the guilty parties.
"On behalf of the Council and the other residents of Kirklees, I would like to thank them for their support. It just goes to show that together we can keep Kirklees cleaner and greener.”
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<b>Shah Subhani: Murder charges over Hounslow man found in woodland</b>
Three people have been charged with the murder of a father-of-one whose remains were found in woodland in 2019.
Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, known as Shah, was reported missing in May 2019 when he failed to return to his home in Hounslow, west London.
His remains were found six months later in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
Raneel Poonia, 25, and Gurditta Singh, 25, both from Slough, and Amraj Poonia, 26, from Horley are also charged with perverting the course of justice.
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Three people have been charged with the murder of a father-of-one whose remains were found in woodland in 2019.
Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, known as Shah, was reported missing in May 2019 when he failed to return to his home in Hounslow, west London.
His remains were found six months later in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
Raneel Poonia, 25, and Gurditta Singh, 25, both from Slough, and Amraj Poonia, 26, from Horley are also charged with perverting the course of justice.
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An Indian-origin doctor was on Wednesday sentenced to four years of imprisonment by a Scottish court after being found guilty by jurors of serious sexual assault against a woman over three years ago.
Manesh Gill, 39, was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh last month and sentenced at the same court for what Scottish police described as “horrific behaviour” this week. The court heard how the married general practitioner (GP) posed as "Mike" on the online dating app Tinder and arranged to meet the victim at a hotel in Stirling, where the assault took place in December 2018.
“The conviction and sentencing of Gill sends a clear message to anyone found guilty of sexual offences, you will be brought to justice,” said Detective Inspector Forbes Wilson of the Public Protection Unit of Police Scotland.
“Gill must now face the consequences for his horrific behaviour. The victim has shown tremendous bravery in coming forward and telling her story and I would like to thank her for her assistance during our investigation. I hope today's outcome will give her some form of closure,” Wilson said.
"We remain committed to tackling sexual abuse, we have specially trained officers and work with partners to provide support to victims. I would encourage anyone to report sexual abuse in any form, as all reports will be thoroughly investigated,” he added.
During evidence at the trial earlier this year, the woman – said to be a student nurse – described how her body "shut down" as she was sexually assaulted.
Gill, a father of three based in Edinburgh, had claimed the sex was consensual. The jury convicted him for committing a sex crime when the victim was incapable of giving or withholding consent. He has also been added to the Sex Offenders' Register for monitoring his conduct.
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Manesh Gill, 39, was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh last month and sentenced at the same court for what Scottish police described as “horrific behaviour” this week. The court heard how the married general practitioner (GP) posed as "Mike" on the online dating app Tinder and arranged to meet the victim at a hotel in Stirling, where the assault took place in December 2018.
“The conviction and sentencing of Gill sends a clear message to anyone found guilty of sexual offences, you will be brought to justice,” said Detective Inspector Forbes Wilson of the Public Protection Unit of Police Scotland.
“Gill must now face the consequences for his horrific behaviour. The victim has shown tremendous bravery in coming forward and telling her story and I would like to thank her for her assistance during our investigation. I hope today's outcome will give her some form of closure,” Wilson said.
"We remain committed to tackling sexual abuse, we have specially trained officers and work with partners to provide support to victims. I would encourage anyone to report sexual abuse in any form, as all reports will be thoroughly investigated,” he added.
During evidence at the trial earlier this year, the woman – said to be a student nurse – described how her body "shut down" as she was sexually assaulted.
Gill, a father of three based in Edinburgh, had claimed the sex was consensual. The jury convicted him for committing a sex crime when the victim was incapable of giving or withholding consent. He has also been added to the Sex Offenders' Register for monitoring his conduct.
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Oldham Council approved the licences despite knowing some of the applicants had been accused of sexually abusing vulnerable teenage girls in the town.
In 2014, a review identified five drivers with serious criminal convictions, but only one of them had his licence revoked.
The following year Moshraf Ali, who had been allowed to continue driving, sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl as he drove her home late at night. He was jailed in 2017.
Details of the case were outlined in a report published on Monday detailing how child sex abuse victims had been systematically failed by Oldham council and Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
As well as the failure to root out paedophile taxi drivers, the report highlighted other areas where victims had been let down.
It documented how Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of a notorious grooming gang in Rochdale, had been employed by Oldham council as a welfare rights officer and seconded to the Oldham Pakistani Community Centre.
Despite multiple concerns being raised about him and his arrest for the sexual assault of children, police failed to tell his employers.
“If this had happened, it may have potentially avoided the tragic abuse of other children,” the report stated, citing “serious multiple failures” by both GMP and the local authority.
Ahmed, identified only as “Offender A” in the report, is now serving a 22-year jail sentence.
Elsewhere the report also highlighted the case of “Sophie”, who was abused when she was 12 years old following numerous missed opportunities to protect her.
Sophie went to Oldham police station in October 2006 to report being raped by an Asian man but was told to come back when she was “not drunk”.
She was then taken away by a man who had been visiting the police station and raped numerous times.
The report was published following an independent inquiry that was set up following allegations on social media that the council had been covering up what it knew about grooming gangs in the town.
The report concluded that while the victims had been let down by those who were supposed to protect them, there was no evidence of an institutional cover-up.
Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, who commissioned the report, said: “It is never too late to face up to past mistakes, to say sorry to those who were failed nor to prosecute those responsible for appalling crimes against children and young people.
“This review is helping us do all of those things and slowly but surely allowing the public to have confidence again.”
Stephen Watson, Chief Constable of GMP, said: “On too many occasions, we the police were not there for you when you desperately needed us, and for that, I am truly sorry.”
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In 2014, a review identified five drivers with serious criminal convictions, but only one of them had his licence revoked.
The following year Moshraf Ali, who had been allowed to continue driving, sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl as he drove her home late at night. He was jailed in 2017.
Details of the case were outlined in a report published on Monday detailing how child sex abuse victims had been systematically failed by Oldham council and Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
As well as the failure to root out paedophile taxi drivers, the report highlighted other areas where victims had been let down.
It documented how Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of a notorious grooming gang in Rochdale, had been employed by Oldham council as a welfare rights officer and seconded to the Oldham Pakistani Community Centre.
Despite multiple concerns being raised about him and his arrest for the sexual assault of children, police failed to tell his employers.
“If this had happened, it may have potentially avoided the tragic abuse of other children,” the report stated, citing “serious multiple failures” by both GMP and the local authority.
Ahmed, identified only as “Offender A” in the report, is now serving a 22-year jail sentence.
Elsewhere the report also highlighted the case of “Sophie”, who was abused when she was 12 years old following numerous missed opportunities to protect her.
Sophie went to Oldham police station in October 2006 to report being raped by an Asian man but was told to come back when she was “not drunk”.
She was then taken away by a man who had been visiting the police station and raped numerous times.
The report was published following an independent inquiry that was set up following allegations on social media that the council had been covering up what it knew about grooming gangs in the town.
The report concluded that while the victims had been let down by those who were supposed to protect them, there was no evidence of an institutional cover-up.
Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, who commissioned the report, said: “It is never too late to face up to past mistakes, to say sorry to those who were failed nor to prosecute those responsible for appalling crimes against children and young people.
“This review is helping us do all of those things and slowly but surely allowing the public to have confidence again.”
Stephen Watson, Chief Constable of GMP, said: “On too many occasions, we the police were not there for you when you desperately needed us, and for that, I am truly sorry.”
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Llanelli woman jailed for taking 150 driving tests for others
A woman who took about 150 theory and practical tests for other drivers has been jailed for eight months.
Inderjeet Kaur, 29, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted taking the tests between 2018 and 2020.
Police said she was taking tests for people who had difficulty with English.
Swansea Crown Court heard suspicion grew at test centres that Kaur was impersonating other people and the police were tipped off.
Kaur took the tests in Swansea, Carmarthen, Birmingham and London.
Det Ch Insp Steven Maloney said Kaur's crimes were motivated by greed.
"Frauds such as these pose significant risks to the general public," he said.
Caroline Hicks of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said fraudulently-gained test passes could be cancelled.
She added: "Driving and theory tests exist to help ensure people have the correct knowledge, skills and attitude to drive on our roads. Circumventing the tests puts lives in danger."
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A woman who took about 150 theory and practical tests for other drivers has been jailed for eight months.
Inderjeet Kaur, 29, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted taking the tests between 2018 and 2020.
Police said she was taking tests for people who had difficulty with English.
Swansea Crown Court heard suspicion grew at test centres that Kaur was impersonating other people and the police were tipped off.
Kaur took the tests in Swansea, Carmarthen, Birmingham and London.
Det Ch Insp Steven Maloney said Kaur's crimes were motivated by greed.
"Frauds such as these pose significant risks to the general public," he said.
Caroline Hicks of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said fraudulently-gained test passes could be cancelled.
She added: "Driving and theory tests exist to help ensure people have the correct knowledge, skills and attitude to drive on our roads. Circumventing the tests puts lives in danger."
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That's peak tbf
Taxi service is so vital, often so sensitive hey treated with utter lack of care. Which is why idiots that prey on children generally cabbies or takeaways. Obviously not to tarnish all in the industries but is a common themes
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How was this even possible.
Surely you have to show some picture ID before taking the test?
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The article doesn't reveal how she pulled this huge scam off.
150 times is ridiculous.
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Most photos on licence or passport dont resemble the person.
As an Asian she probably made sure she looked close to the picture with her hairstyle, make up, clothing etc.
She must be a very good driver by now.
But a lot of aunties will be driving around Swansea bumping into sheep and lamposts.
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Two people arrested in relation to murder of woman in north Dublin
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A knife-wielding convicted sex offender with a “compulsion” for violence slashed a teenager’s throat with a knife on a Runcorn bus after being moved north from Croydon with no continuity of care - despite suffering a "major psychotic disorder".
Hamid Akhonzada, 26, launched the attack on May 8 last year after sitting behind a young couple on a Palacefields to Brookvale service in Runcorn. Dafydd Roberts, prosecuting at Chester Crown Court on Friday, said Akhonzada grabbed the 17-year-old boy by the hair from behind then “held his head back and drew a bladed article described as a steak knife across the throat”.
The youth tried to evade him and fight back as shocked passengers looked on and his girlfriend, 16, was also slightly injured as she tried to help him. Akhonzada, of Liskeard Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, punched the boy three or four times as they struggled in the baggage hold and then fled the scene when the bus stopped.
Upon their arrival, officers from Cheshire Police found the victim, who was sitting on the bus staunching the blood from his neck with a Covid facemask.
Mr Roberts said the teenager received glue and butterfly stitches to treat six or seven “scratches” to his neck, described as "cuts" by Judge Michael Leeming.
He had also suffered a defence wound to his little finger, cuts to the eye area, sore ribs and a grazed knee.
Investigators were able to recover the knife, which was found broken.
Afghan refugee Akhonzada was arrested on May 14 in Croydon, where he had previously lived until being moved north by officials to Runcorn.
He gave “no comment” answers in police interview.
Three days later on remand in HMP Altcourse, he beat prison officer Michael Bennett unconscious, first by calling for attention from his cell then punching Mr Bennett.
Akhonzada pursued him around the pool tables in the open part of the wing, punching him again and knocking him out.
CCTV shown to the court showed part of the attack and the inmate then retreat to his cell upon the arrival of a female prison officer who locked him inside.
Mr Bennett described his ordeal as an “explosion of blood” followed by “everything being a blur”.
He came round after about two minutes.
The prison officer suffered “bumps and bruises” in the assault, which had the lasting effect of exacerbating his existing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A victim personal statement from the teenager assaulted on the bus said he suffered sleeplessness, “flashbacks and night terrors”, nervousness going out, aversion to using buses, and reduced socialising.
After being confirmed as fit to plead, Akhonzada admitted Section 18 wounding with intent, having a bladed article in public, and assaulting an emergency worker.
Mr Roberts said Akhonzada had 10 previous convictions for 23 offences including two for common assault and assaulting a constable in 2016, assault occasioning actual bodily harm in 2017, and common assault and sexual assault in 2018 leading to a prison sentence.
Judge Leeming read details of a pre-sentence report in which Akhonzada had told a probation officer that “he left the house with a knife because he wanted to stab somebody” but also that “it was only on the bus that he heard the voices in his head telling him to stab somebody”.
Kevin Slack, defending, said Akhonzada was diagnosed with schizophrenia after he arrived in the UK having fled Afghanistan aged 16 after a series of traumas.
These included his father being murdered, witnessing someone being killed as a child, and the death of his brother in police custody after his brother was detained by a “corrupt” police chief for having a relationship with his daughter.
The court heard this led the rogue officer to arrest Akhonzada on “trumped up terrorism charges” before locking him up and beating him for two months, before demanding that Akhonzada marry his daughter who had been left “physically and mentally impaired” due to a punishment beating from her father for having extra-marital sex.
Mr Slack said an immigration tribunal found “credible evidence” the police chief had violently assaulted his own daughter.
After arriving in Croydon, Akhonzada was soon sectioned under the Mental Health Act and placed on medication with mental health support.
Following his violent turn in 2016-17 the Home Office launched efforts to deport him, also drawing on his later offences in a bid to eject him from the country, but an immigration tribunal granted him leave to remain because he wouldn’t receive the necessary mental health services in his homeland and would face “grave danger”.
An official decision was taken to move Akhonzada to Runcorn, but medical care for his "major psychotic disorder" did not continue with the move north.
Mr Slack said: “The defendant had been relocated to the Runcorn area.
“I’m instructed that was as part of an official relocation rather than any desire or choice of the defendant himself, but what is clear is that following the relocation the defendant was not picked up by mental health services in this area.”
Mr Slack said nor was there any recommendation for continued medication when he was released from a 2019 prison sentence, which he described as a “mistake” that won’t be “made again”.
An updated psychiatric report said he was now responding well to medication, and Mr Slack said Akhonzada had said he didn’t think the boy he slashed on the bus was real, adding that having seen the videos he wished to apologise to him and to the prison officer.
Judge Leeming acknowledged the seriousness of his condition but countered that convicted sex offender Akhonzada had sought to “self-medicate” with cannabis and spice instead of seeking help.
He said the knifeman had a “compulsion” for violence as he jailed him for four years, with four years on extended licence due to dangerousness.
Akhonzada will have to serve 32 months behind bars before being considered for parole.
The judge said the knife-wielding attacker had been staring at his victim and friend at the Palacefields bus stop before boarding and the girl had smiled at him “to break the ice” but this did not deter him, and the attack took place a couple of minutes later during the journey.
During his sentencing remarks, Judge Leeming noted Akhonzada’s “traumatic childhood” and mental illness - which included feeling “special” and “close to God”, but recounted how Akhonzada grabbed his teenage victim’s hair, pulled his head back and started “hacking at his neck and throat with the knife” in keeping with a longer term pattern of violence.
He said: “Your record for violence and sexual assault is a statutory aggravating factor.
“There’s an established pattern here of violent and aggressive behaviour.
“The timing and location in the attacks are both relevant, in the first instance on public transport in the presence of other members of the public.
“The footage clearly shows how shocked the other passengers were on the bus, and it took place in a confined space at the back of the bus.”
Recalling the assault on the prison officer he said: “He was unconscious for about two minutes.
“It’s important that you should understand that Michael Bennett was simply doing his job, an already difficult job made more difficult by your behaviour.
“He was simply responding to your call to make sure your needs were attended to.
“He sustained bumps and bruises to his face and cuts to the inside of his mouth.”
Akhonzada, who was assisted by a Farsi interpreter for the hearing, must also pay a statutory surcharge.
All the Michael Bay movies, ranked from bad to worst
A knife-wielding convicted sex offender with a “compulsion” for violence slashed a teenager’s throat with a knife on a Runcorn bus after being moved north from Croydon with no continuity of care - despite suffering a "major psychotic disorder".
Hamid Akhonzada, 26, launched the attack on May 8 last year after sitting behind a young couple on a Palacefields to Brookvale service in Runcorn. Dafydd Roberts, prosecuting at Chester Crown Court on Friday, said Akhonzada grabbed the 17-year-old boy by the hair from behind then “held his head back and drew a bladed article described as a steak knife across the throat”.
The youth tried to evade him and fight back as shocked passengers looked on and his girlfriend, 16, was also slightly injured as she tried to help him. Akhonzada, of Liskeard Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, punched the boy three or four times as they struggled in the baggage hold and then fled the scene when the bus stopped.
Upon their arrival, officers from Cheshire Police found the victim, who was sitting on the bus staunching the blood from his neck with a Covid facemask.
Mr Roberts said the teenager received glue and butterfly stitches to treat six or seven “scratches” to his neck, described as "cuts" by Judge Michael Leeming.
He had also suffered a defence wound to his little finger, cuts to the eye area, sore ribs and a grazed knee.
Investigators were able to recover the knife, which was found broken.
Afghan refugee Akhonzada was arrested on May 14 in Croydon, where he had previously lived until being moved north by officials to Runcorn.
He gave “no comment” answers in police interview.
Three days later on remand in HMP Altcourse, he beat prison officer Michael Bennett unconscious, first by calling for attention from his cell then punching Mr Bennett.
Akhonzada pursued him around the pool tables in the open part of the wing, punching him again and knocking him out.
CCTV shown to the court showed part of the attack and the inmate then retreat to his cell upon the arrival of a female prison officer who locked him inside.
Mr Bennett described his ordeal as an “explosion of blood” followed by “everything being a blur”.
He came round after about two minutes.
The prison officer suffered “bumps and bruises” in the assault, which had the lasting effect of exacerbating his existing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A victim personal statement from the teenager assaulted on the bus said he suffered sleeplessness, “flashbacks and night terrors”, nervousness going out, aversion to using buses, and reduced socialising.
After being confirmed as fit to plead, Akhonzada admitted Section 18 wounding with intent, having a bladed article in public, and assaulting an emergency worker.
Mr Roberts said Akhonzada had 10 previous convictions for 23 offences including two for common assault and assaulting a constable in 2016, assault occasioning actual bodily harm in 2017, and common assault and sexual assault in 2018 leading to a prison sentence.
Judge Leeming read details of a pre-sentence report in which Akhonzada had told a probation officer that “he left the house with a knife because he wanted to stab somebody” but also that “it was only on the bus that he heard the voices in his head telling him to stab somebody”.
Kevin Slack, defending, said Akhonzada was diagnosed with schizophrenia after he arrived in the UK having fled Afghanistan aged 16 after a series of traumas.
These included his father being murdered, witnessing someone being killed as a child, and the death of his brother in police custody after his brother was detained by a “corrupt” police chief for having a relationship with his daughter.
The court heard this led the rogue officer to arrest Akhonzada on “trumped up terrorism charges” before locking him up and beating him for two months, before demanding that Akhonzada marry his daughter who had been left “physically and mentally impaired” due to a punishment beating from her father for having extra-marital sex.
Mr Slack said an immigration tribunal found “credible evidence” the police chief had violently assaulted his own daughter.
After arriving in Croydon, Akhonzada was soon sectioned under the Mental Health Act and placed on medication with mental health support.
Following his violent turn in 2016-17 the Home Office launched efforts to deport him, also drawing on his later offences in a bid to eject him from the country, but an immigration tribunal granted him leave to remain because he wouldn’t receive the necessary mental health services in his homeland and would face “grave danger”.
An official decision was taken to move Akhonzada to Runcorn, but medical care for his "major psychotic disorder" did not continue with the move north.
Mr Slack said: “The defendant had been relocated to the Runcorn area.
“I’m instructed that was as part of an official relocation rather than any desire or choice of the defendant himself, but what is clear is that following the relocation the defendant was not picked up by mental health services in this area.”
Mr Slack said nor was there any recommendation for continued medication when he was released from a 2019 prison sentence, which he described as a “mistake” that won’t be “made again”.
An updated psychiatric report said he was now responding well to medication, and Mr Slack said Akhonzada had said he didn’t think the boy he slashed on the bus was real, adding that having seen the videos he wished to apologise to him and to the prison officer.
Judge Leeming acknowledged the seriousness of his condition but countered that convicted sex offender Akhonzada had sought to “self-medicate” with cannabis and spice instead of seeking help.
He said the knifeman had a “compulsion” for violence as he jailed him for four years, with four years on extended licence due to dangerousness.
Akhonzada will have to serve 32 months behind bars before being considered for parole.
The judge said the knife-wielding attacker had been staring at his victim and friend at the Palacefields bus stop before boarding and the girl had smiled at him “to break the ice” but this did not deter him, and the attack took place a couple of minutes later during the journey.
During his sentencing remarks, Judge Leeming noted Akhonzada’s “traumatic childhood” and mental illness - which included feeling “special” and “close to God”, but recounted how Akhonzada grabbed his teenage victim’s hair, pulled his head back and started “hacking at his neck and throat with the knife” in keeping with a longer term pattern of violence.
He said: “Your record for violence and sexual assault is a statutory aggravating factor.
“There’s an established pattern here of violent and aggressive behaviour.
“The timing and location in the attacks are both relevant, in the first instance on public transport in the presence of other members of the public.
“The footage clearly shows how shocked the other passengers were on the bus, and it took place in a confined space at the back of the bus.”
Recalling the assault on the prison officer he said: “He was unconscious for about two minutes.
“It’s important that you should understand that Michael Bennett was simply doing his job, an already difficult job made more difficult by your behaviour.
“He was simply responding to your call to make sure your needs were attended to.
“He sustained bumps and bruises to his face and cuts to the inside of his mouth.”
Akhonzada, who was assisted by a Farsi interpreter for the hearing, must also pay a statutory surcharge.
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A man from Slough is awaiting sentence for his part in a gang that smuggled more than £100 million in dirty cash out of the UK from Heathrow Airport to Dubai in the biggest money-laundering case of its kind. It comes after ringleader Abdulla Alfalasi, 47, was jailed for more than nine years.
Emirati national Alfalasi, 47, recruited dozens of couriers to fly suitcases stuffed with bank notes out of the country on business class flights between April 2019 and November 2020. The mules were paid between £3,000 and £8,000 a time, plus expenses, for a total of 83 trips as part of a money-laundering service for dozens of drugs gangs around the UK.
Carrying up to £500,000 in each suitcase – packed with coffee grounds or air fresheners in a bid to fool sniffer dogs – they would use Alfalasi’s firm Omnivest Gold Trading to cover the cash declarations on arrival in Dubai. Muhammed Geyas Ilyas, 29, from Slough, who took a total of £2.5 million in two trips, was arrested off a flight back to Heathrow in February 2020 after Border Force officers found a bag that had gone missing at the airport containing £431,000 in cash.
The operation was discovered when recruitment consultant Tara Hanlon, 31, was stopped at Heathrow Airport on October 3 2020 carrying luggage containing wads of bank notes in vacuum-packed bags totalling £1.9 million. Around a month later, Czech national Zdenek Kamaryt, 39, was held as he tried to board a flight from Heathrow to Dubai with £1.3 million of cash in his bags.
Alfalasi, who carried £6 million on 10 cash trips himself before recruiting a network of couriers, was arrested at a Belgravia flat owned by his wife’s wealthy family while on a visit to London on December 14 last year. The father-of-six, who followed the hearing with the help of an Arabic interpreter, was jailed for nine years and seven months on Thursday after pleading guilty to removing criminal property.
Judge Simon Davis said: “There is no doubt that this was a considerable network under your charge, not your sole charge, you were a principal but it is clear that there were others involved. You were involved in facilitating the removal of a vast amount of cash from this country, through Heathrow Airport, to Dubai.
“You used yourself on a number of occasions as well as a network of 36 hired couriers, who were given somewhere around £3,000 plus expenses per trip and covered with a letter from a company with which you were intimately involved, called Omnivest Gold Trading, to vest this criminal enterprise with a veiled cloak of legitimacy.”
Alfalasi enlisted Michelle Clarke – a British woman he had met in Dubai – to help recruit a total of 36 couriers, “typically young people, attracted by the money”, said prosecutor Julian Christopher QC. He would book them business class flights so they could make use of the extra luggage allowance, with suitcases weighing up to 40kg each and packed with mouthwash and coat hangers in an attempt to fool the X-ray machines.
The couriers would declare the money to customs on arrival in Dubai before returning home days later with the empty bags. One, Nicola Esson, 55, from Leeds, checked in 19 suitcases with a combined weight of almost half a tonne on three trips in August and September 2020, declaring a total of £6.4 million.
Esson and Ilyas have both pleaded guilty to removing criminal property and await sentencing. Clarke is still believed to be in Dubai and is wanted by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Last year, Hanlon, who admitted money-laundering offences relating to more than £5 million, was jailed for 34 months and Kamaryt was sentenced to 26 months after also pleading guilty to money-laundering offences. The NCA said the “international controller network” operated at the pinnacle of global money laundering.
The gang is believed to have charged between 10% and 13% to service the funds generated by dozens of criminal gangs across the UK with cash believed to have come from street drug dealing, including cocaine. On arrival in Dubai, the money would be converted into dirhams, with some used to buy gold in Africa or cryptocurrency, before being released back to the customers in the UK.
The NCA said it is believed to be the biggest cash money laundering conspiracy brought to justice in the UK. Senior investigating officer Ian Truby said: “Cash is the lifeblood of organised crime groups which they reinvest into activities such as drug trafficking, which fuels violence and insecurity around the world.
“Disrupting the supply of illicit cash is a priority for the NCA and our partners. The investigation is ongoing and we will do all we can to bring further offenders to book.”
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Emirati national Alfalasi, 47, recruited dozens of couriers to fly suitcases stuffed with bank notes out of the country on business class flights between April 2019 and November 2020. The mules were paid between £3,000 and £8,000 a time, plus expenses, for a total of 83 trips as part of a money-laundering service for dozens of drugs gangs around the UK.
Carrying up to £500,000 in each suitcase – packed with coffee grounds or air fresheners in a bid to fool sniffer dogs – they would use Alfalasi’s firm Omnivest Gold Trading to cover the cash declarations on arrival in Dubai. Muhammed Geyas Ilyas, 29, from Slough, who took a total of £2.5 million in two trips, was arrested off a flight back to Heathrow in February 2020 after Border Force officers found a bag that had gone missing at the airport containing £431,000 in cash.
The operation was discovered when recruitment consultant Tara Hanlon, 31, was stopped at Heathrow Airport on October 3 2020 carrying luggage containing wads of bank notes in vacuum-packed bags totalling £1.9 million. Around a month later, Czech national Zdenek Kamaryt, 39, was held as he tried to board a flight from Heathrow to Dubai with £1.3 million of cash in his bags.
Alfalasi, who carried £6 million on 10 cash trips himself before recruiting a network of couriers, was arrested at a Belgravia flat owned by his wife’s wealthy family while on a visit to London on December 14 last year. The father-of-six, who followed the hearing with the help of an Arabic interpreter, was jailed for nine years and seven months on Thursday after pleading guilty to removing criminal property.
Judge Simon Davis said: “There is no doubt that this was a considerable network under your charge, not your sole charge, you were a principal but it is clear that there were others involved. You were involved in facilitating the removal of a vast amount of cash from this country, through Heathrow Airport, to Dubai.
“You used yourself on a number of occasions as well as a network of 36 hired couriers, who were given somewhere around £3,000 plus expenses per trip and covered with a letter from a company with which you were intimately involved, called Omnivest Gold Trading, to vest this criminal enterprise with a veiled cloak of legitimacy.”
Alfalasi enlisted Michelle Clarke – a British woman he had met in Dubai – to help recruit a total of 36 couriers, “typically young people, attracted by the money”, said prosecutor Julian Christopher QC. He would book them business class flights so they could make use of the extra luggage allowance, with suitcases weighing up to 40kg each and packed with mouthwash and coat hangers in an attempt to fool the X-ray machines.
The couriers would declare the money to customs on arrival in Dubai before returning home days later with the empty bags. One, Nicola Esson, 55, from Leeds, checked in 19 suitcases with a combined weight of almost half a tonne on three trips in August and September 2020, declaring a total of £6.4 million.
Esson and Ilyas have both pleaded guilty to removing criminal property and await sentencing. Clarke is still believed to be in Dubai and is wanted by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Last year, Hanlon, who admitted money-laundering offences relating to more than £5 million, was jailed for 34 months and Kamaryt was sentenced to 26 months after also pleading guilty to money-laundering offences. The NCA said the “international controller network” operated at the pinnacle of global money laundering.
The gang is believed to have charged between 10% and 13% to service the funds generated by dozens of criminal gangs across the UK with cash believed to have come from street drug dealing, including cocaine. On arrival in Dubai, the money would be converted into dirhams, with some used to buy gold in Africa or cryptocurrency, before being released back to the customers in the UK.
The NCA said it is believed to be the biggest cash money laundering conspiracy brought to justice in the UK. Senior investigating officer Ian Truby said: “Cash is the lifeblood of organised crime groups which they reinvest into activities such as drug trafficking, which fuels violence and insecurity around the world.
“Disrupting the supply of illicit cash is a priority for the NCA and our partners. The investigation is ongoing and we will do all we can to bring further offenders to book.”
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A man who threatened to share intimate pictures and videos of two women and blackmailed them has been jailed.
Zehshan Mahmood, from Preston, admitted two counts of blackmail and three counts of disclosing sexual photos or films with intent to cause distress.
Two victims sent the 30-year-old nearly £90,000 over three years to avoid the images being shared but he posted some of them online anyway, police said.
Mahmood was sentenced to seven years and three months.
During the trial at Preston Crown Court one victim told of how she had disclosed private pictures and videos to Mahmood in 2017.
In January 2018, he told her that he was in financial difficulty and pressured her to send him money.
Later he contacted her on Instagram under an alias and threatened her - demanding that she send him more money or he would share the private pictures and videos online, police said.
He also made threats against her family so she sent Mahmood around £20,000.
'Web of lies'
The second victim told the court she had disclosed to Mahmood an intimate sexual experience she had with a boyfriend.
Mahmood then claimed he had a video of the incident and demanded £7,000 from her or he would send the video to her family and friends.
In addition, Mahmood demanded that the victim send intimate pictures, videos and texts of a sexual nature.
If she did not do this, he threatened to increase the fee, the court heard.
The defendant told the victim that he needed money to stop the videos from being published and the blackmail was part of his involvement in an organised crime group.
Detectives said Mahmood later created more fake Instagram accounts, which he used to message the victim and convince her that his claim was real so that she would continue sending sexual content and money to him.
The victim sent Mahmood in excess of £66,000 over three years.
Despite the money handed over, Mahmood posted the videos he had received of the victim online and encouraged users to share it, police said.
Mahmood was arrested in February 2021 as part of a joint effort between Greater Manchester Police and Lancashire Police.
Det Con Luke Brundrett said he had "operated a web of lies and manipulated the victims to get exactly what he wanted, when he wanted", adding that the sentence was "much deserved".
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Zehshan Mahmood, from Preston, admitted two counts of blackmail and three counts of disclosing sexual photos or films with intent to cause distress.
Two victims sent the 30-year-old nearly £90,000 over three years to avoid the images being shared but he posted some of them online anyway, police said.
Mahmood was sentenced to seven years and three months.
During the trial at Preston Crown Court one victim told of how she had disclosed private pictures and videos to Mahmood in 2017.
In January 2018, he told her that he was in financial difficulty and pressured her to send him money.
Later he contacted her on Instagram under an alias and threatened her - demanding that she send him more money or he would share the private pictures and videos online, police said.
He also made threats against her family so she sent Mahmood around £20,000.
'Web of lies'
The second victim told the court she had disclosed to Mahmood an intimate sexual experience she had with a boyfriend.
Mahmood then claimed he had a video of the incident and demanded £7,000 from her or he would send the video to her family and friends.
In addition, Mahmood demanded that the victim send intimate pictures, videos and texts of a sexual nature.
If she did not do this, he threatened to increase the fee, the court heard.
The defendant told the victim that he needed money to stop the videos from being published and the blackmail was part of his involvement in an organised crime group.
Detectives said Mahmood later created more fake Instagram accounts, which he used to message the victim and convince her that his claim was real so that she would continue sending sexual content and money to him.
The victim sent Mahmood in excess of £66,000 over three years.
Despite the money handed over, Mahmood posted the videos he had received of the victim online and encouraged users to share it, police said.
Mahmood was arrested in February 2021 as part of a joint effort between Greater Manchester Police and Lancashire Police.
Det Con Luke Brundrett said he had "operated a web of lies and manipulated the victims to get exactly what he wanted, when he wanted", adding that the sentence was "much deserved".
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Amarried stalker who followed seven different women, including three schoolgirls, in a 'persistent' rampage over one morning has narrowly avoided jail.
Umer Safdar, 35, was sentenced at Mishull Street Crown Court this morning following guilty pleas to one count of stalking and seven public order offences that put 'fear' and 'panic' into his seven victims.
The court heard how on November 3 of last year, Safdar followed seven different women in his car in Rochdale between the hours of 6:30am and 8am - including one 13-year old and a mother with two young children. Two of the victims, who were schoolgirls aged 15 and 16, said that Safdie had rolled down his window and asked them to get in his car.
Prosecuting, Mr Berlyne told the court how Safdar had approached his first victim in his Volkswagen Polo at around 6:30am as she was on her way to work. She noticed his car parked on the corner of the road, and as she passed him, he tried to engage her in conversation. She walked away, but later noticed the same vehicle pulled over in front of her again, so asked Safdar if he was lost before walking away from him. When she saw him in front of her a third time, she changed her intended route to work to 'avoid him'.
Safdar was then spotted 'kerb crawling' on Norden Road with his window wound down 'staring' at his second victim. He accelerated his car to get ahead of her as she walked towards Edenfield Road and continued to stare at her. The court heard how the victim walked into a nearby Tesco until she thought Safdar had left, and then continued her journey before noticing him again when he pulled over next to her. She then knocked on the door of a nearby friend as Safdar continued to watch her, until he eventually drove away.
At around 6:55am Safdar had started to stalk a third victim, who was walking with her two young children. She said she noticed his car driving 'very slowly' with his window down, and he was staring at her before pulling over next to her, looking up at her, and smiling. Mr Berlyne told the court how the victim "described feeling a sense of dread" as he did so. Safdar then parked in front of her car and when she asked him if he was okay, he replied "yes beautiful". The victim locked herself and her children in her car and drove off.
The court heard how Safdar approached his fourth victim at a bus stop on Bury Road at around 7:20am. He repeated actions similar to those described by other victims, driving past her and staring at her with his window down. He then stopped and reversed back to where she was stood, placing himself in the bus stop bay where he stayed until the bus came.
Safdar, of Mitchell Street, Rochdale, then approached a fifth victim at around 7:30am, who was just 13 years old, on her way to school. Once again, he stared at her from his car before the victim saw a flash, which she believed to be a camera, suggesting he was taking pictures of her.
Just half an hour later, at 8am, Safdar approached two more children aged 15 and 16 who were walking to school together along Edenfield Road. The court heard how he drove past them before pulling over in front of them. One girl told her friend she thought he might be following them. Safdar drove past them onto a cul-de-sac, where he then turned around and drove back towards them before reportedly asking them "Yo, do you want to get in?". The two girls quickly moved away to warn another schoolfriend of Safdar, and informed their parents and the police of his behaviour. He was later arrested.
Mitigating, Mr Canning said Safdar's behaviour was a 'bad reaction' to heavy drinking the night prior, and that he was still under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time the offences were committed. He also noted how Safdar had not been in trouble with the courts for around five years, despite a previous conviction in 2016 for extreme pornography and possession of indecent images.
Judge Saville also noted that Safdar usually lived a 'normal' life, living with his wife and parents in Rochdale and working at the family business as a barber, but called the offences a 'rather worrying set of circumstances'.
"On the face of it, you have a normal existence," he said in sentencing. "You have not been in trouble for five years. What the [pre-sentencing] report tells me is that you are ashamed and remorseful.
"This was a significant course of action against a number of women. It was clearly intended to cause some fear or distress. It was a persistent action over a relatively lengthy period that morning."
However, he noted that there was 'no particular psychological harm' and that only one woman had been forced to change her routine by taking a different route to work.
He sentenced Safdar to a four month suspended jail sentence with 200 hours of unpaid work, 15 rehabilitation requirement activity days, and ordered him to undertake a sexual offending treatment programme.
"I take the view that the public can best be protected by the suspended sentence," he said. "Were you sent into custody, you would be released in a matter of weeks with no work being done with you whatsoever. It seems to me you need to be punished as well as to consider your behaviour."
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Umer Safdar, 35, was sentenced at Mishull Street Crown Court this morning following guilty pleas to one count of stalking and seven public order offences that put 'fear' and 'panic' into his seven victims.
The court heard how on November 3 of last year, Safdar followed seven different women in his car in Rochdale between the hours of 6:30am and 8am - including one 13-year old and a mother with two young children. Two of the victims, who were schoolgirls aged 15 and 16, said that Safdie had rolled down his window and asked them to get in his car.
Prosecuting, Mr Berlyne told the court how Safdar had approached his first victim in his Volkswagen Polo at around 6:30am as she was on her way to work. She noticed his car parked on the corner of the road, and as she passed him, he tried to engage her in conversation. She walked away, but later noticed the same vehicle pulled over in front of her again, so asked Safdar if he was lost before walking away from him. When she saw him in front of her a third time, she changed her intended route to work to 'avoid him'.
Safdar was then spotted 'kerb crawling' on Norden Road with his window wound down 'staring' at his second victim. He accelerated his car to get ahead of her as she walked towards Edenfield Road and continued to stare at her. The court heard how the victim walked into a nearby Tesco until she thought Safdar had left, and then continued her journey before noticing him again when he pulled over next to her. She then knocked on the door of a nearby friend as Safdar continued to watch her, until he eventually drove away.
At around 6:55am Safdar had started to stalk a third victim, who was walking with her two young children. She said she noticed his car driving 'very slowly' with his window down, and he was staring at her before pulling over next to her, looking up at her, and smiling. Mr Berlyne told the court how the victim "described feeling a sense of dread" as he did so. Safdar then parked in front of her car and when she asked him if he was okay, he replied "yes beautiful". The victim locked herself and her children in her car and drove off.
The court heard how Safdar approached his fourth victim at a bus stop on Bury Road at around 7:20am. He repeated actions similar to those described by other victims, driving past her and staring at her with his window down. He then stopped and reversed back to where she was stood, placing himself in the bus stop bay where he stayed until the bus came.
Safdar, of Mitchell Street, Rochdale, then approached a fifth victim at around 7:30am, who was just 13 years old, on her way to school. Once again, he stared at her from his car before the victim saw a flash, which she believed to be a camera, suggesting he was taking pictures of her.
Just half an hour later, at 8am, Safdar approached two more children aged 15 and 16 who were walking to school together along Edenfield Road. The court heard how he drove past them before pulling over in front of them. One girl told her friend she thought he might be following them. Safdar drove past them onto a cul-de-sac, where he then turned around and drove back towards them before reportedly asking them "Yo, do you want to get in?". The two girls quickly moved away to warn another schoolfriend of Safdar, and informed their parents and the police of his behaviour. He was later arrested.
Mitigating, Mr Canning said Safdar's behaviour was a 'bad reaction' to heavy drinking the night prior, and that he was still under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time the offences were committed. He also noted how Safdar had not been in trouble with the courts for around five years, despite a previous conviction in 2016 for extreme pornography and possession of indecent images.
Judge Saville also noted that Safdar usually lived a 'normal' life, living with his wife and parents in Rochdale and working at the family business as a barber, but called the offences a 'rather worrying set of circumstances'.
"On the face of it, you have a normal existence," he said in sentencing. "You have not been in trouble for five years. What the [pre-sentencing] report tells me is that you are ashamed and remorseful.
"This was a significant course of action against a number of women. It was clearly intended to cause some fear or distress. It was a persistent action over a relatively lengthy period that morning."
However, he noted that there was 'no particular psychological harm' and that only one woman had been forced to change her routine by taking a different route to work.
He sentenced Safdar to a four month suspended jail sentence with 200 hours of unpaid work, 15 rehabilitation requirement activity days, and ordered him to undertake a sexual offending treatment programme.
"I take the view that the public can best be protected by the suspended sentence," he said. "Were you sent into custody, you would be released in a matter of weeks with no work being done with you whatsoever. It seems to me you need to be punished as well as to consider your behaviour."
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<b>A man who was fatally stabbed during a reported mass brawl involving knives outside a Coventry mosque has been named by police.</b>
Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz, 52, died shortly after being found injured by emergency services who were called to the Jamiah Masjid and Institute on Sunday evening.
He has been described by his loved ones as a "dependable shining light of good" and "an innocent humble loving family man".
Just after 9pm, officers were sent to the mosque, at the junction of Durbar Avenue and Queen Mary's Road, following reports of a large group of men, some armed with knives, being in a fight outside.
Despite efforts to save Mr Nawaz, he died a short time later.
In the hours after the incident, two men aged 27 and 56 were arrested on suspicion of murder.
And four more people were detained early on Wednesday.
All six remain in custody, with five being held on suspicion of murder and one on suspicion of assisting offenders.
In a statement released through West Midlands Police, Mr Nawaz's family said: "We thank the emergency services for their tireless effort for trying to save our father.
"We are hopeful in the police investigation and we, the family, want all those responsible to be brought to justice.
"They have extinguished a dependable shining light of good, an innocent humble loving family man, our father, our brother, our friend, Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz."
Police have said they want to hear from anyone with information that can help their investigation and "ensure we get justice for Mr Nawaz".
They said they want people with any mobile phone or dashcam footage or other information to submit it directly using a link on their website.
People can also contact the force via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk, by calling 101, or via Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. People should quote log 3319 of 2 October.
Officers have previously stressed they do not believe the violence is linked to any other incidents or disputes either in Coventry or the wider West Midlands.
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Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz, 52, died shortly after being found injured by emergency services who were called to the Jamiah Masjid and Institute on Sunday evening.
He has been described by his loved ones as a "dependable shining light of good" and "an innocent humble loving family man".
Just after 9pm, officers were sent to the mosque, at the junction of Durbar Avenue and Queen Mary's Road, following reports of a large group of men, some armed with knives, being in a fight outside.
Despite efforts to save Mr Nawaz, he died a short time later.
In the hours after the incident, two men aged 27 and 56 were arrested on suspicion of murder.
And four more people were detained early on Wednesday.
All six remain in custody, with five being held on suspicion of murder and one on suspicion of assisting offenders.
In a statement released through West Midlands Police, Mr Nawaz's family said: "We thank the emergency services for their tireless effort for trying to save our father.
"We are hopeful in the police investigation and we, the family, want all those responsible to be brought to justice.
"They have extinguished a dependable shining light of good, an innocent humble loving family man, our father, our brother, our friend, Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz."
Police have said they want to hear from anyone with information that can help their investigation and "ensure we get justice for Mr Nawaz".
They said they want people with any mobile phone or dashcam footage or other information to submit it directly using a link on their website.
People can also contact the force via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk, by calling 101, or via Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. People should quote log 3319 of 2 October.
Officers have previously stressed they do not believe the violence is linked to any other incidents or disputes either in Coventry or the wider West Midlands.
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A woman earned more than £28,000 by illegally sitting driving tests for other people.
Inderjeet Kaur, 30, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted taking about 150 theory and practical tests between 2018 and 2020.
Kaur was ordered to pay £27,614 and court costs of £156 within three months, or face a 12-month jail term.
She had already been jailed for eight months for sitting tests in Swansea, Carmarthen, Birmingham and London.
A proceeds of crime hearing at Swansea Crown Court heard Kaur made £28,250 by taking tests for people who had difficulty with English.
Kaur was caught after staff at test centres tipped off police when they grew suspicious that she was impersonating other people.
Det Ch Insp Steven Maloney, of the regional organised crime team for south Wales, said Kaur's crimes were motivated by greed.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said fraudulently gained test passes "put lives in danger" and could be cancelled.
Inderjeet Kaur, 30, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted taking about 150 theory and practical tests between 2018 and 2020.
Kaur was ordered to pay £27,614 and court costs of £156 within three months, or face a 12-month jail term.
She had already been jailed for eight months for sitting tests in Swansea, Carmarthen, Birmingham and London.
A proceeds of crime hearing at Swansea Crown Court heard Kaur made £28,250 by taking tests for people who had difficulty with English.
Kaur was caught after staff at test centres tipped off police when they grew suspicious that she was impersonating other people.
Det Ch Insp Steven Maloney, of the regional organised crime team for south Wales, said Kaur's crimes were motivated by greed.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said fraudulently gained test passes "put lives in danger" and could be cancelled.
Three men have been charged with murdering a father who was found stabbed in the street outside a mosque.
Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz, 52, was left with serious injuries near the Jamiah Masjid & Institute in Coventry on October 2.
He was taken to hospital with serious injuries but later died, despite the best efforts of medics.
...an innocent, humble, loving family man.
His family later paid tribute to their “dependable, shining light of good” and “an innocent, humble, loving family man”.
Officers had been called to reports of a mass brawl involving a large group of men, some of whom were armed with knives.
West Midlands Police said on Saturday they had charged Adam Razaaq, 20, and Hasnian Razaaq, 23, both of Halesowen, West Midlands, together with Mohammed Faisal, 29, of Handsworth, Birmingham, with murder.
The three were also charged with attempted murder, after another man was found with a stab wound near the junction of Durbar Avenue and Queen Mary’s Road on the same night.
Three other men have been bailed.
Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz, 52, was left with serious injuries near the Jamiah Masjid & Institute in Coventry on October 2.
He was taken to hospital with serious injuries but later died, despite the best efforts of medics.
...an innocent, humble, loving family man.
His family later paid tribute to their “dependable, shining light of good” and “an innocent, humble, loving family man”.
Officers had been called to reports of a mass brawl involving a large group of men, some of whom were armed with knives.
West Midlands Police said on Saturday they had charged Adam Razaaq, 20, and Hasnian Razaaq, 23, both of Halesowen, West Midlands, together with Mohammed Faisal, 29, of Handsworth, Birmingham, with murder.
The three were also charged with attempted murder, after another man was found with a stab wound near the junction of Durbar Avenue and Queen Mary’s Road on the same night.
Three other men have been bailed.
A TikTok influencer "set a trap" that led to a man who was blackmailing her mother with a sex tape being rammed off the road and killed, a court has heard.
Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin and Saqib Hussain, both 21 and from Oxfordshire, died in the crash on the A46 near Leicester on 11 February.
Mahek Bukhari, 23, her mother Ansreen, 45, and six others are charged with murder.
Their trial got under way at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday.
The court heard Mr Hussain and Ansreen Bukhari, of George Eardley Close, Stoke-on-Trent, began an affair in 2019 but she ended it in January 2022.
Collingwood Thompson KC, for the prosecution, said Mr Hussain had in his possession sexual videos and images of Ansreen Buhkari and made repeated attempts to contact her after she broke it off.
The court heard Mr Hussain was becoming "increasingly obsessive" and was "professing his love for her" but showed "anger and frustration".
The barrister said: "That anger manifested itself in an attempt to blackmail Ansreen Bukhari in order to persuade her to contact him.
"What he did was to threaten to send the sexually explicit material that existed on his Instagram to her husband, [and] to her son unless she agreed to speak to him."
The court heard her daughter - who was aware of the affair - was told of the blackmail plot and, fearful of the impact on her family, as well as her social media following, sent her mother a WhatsApp message saying: "I'll soon get him jumped by guys and he won't know what day it is."
The jury was told Mr Hussain was demanding up to £3,000 he had spent on dates with Ansreen Bukhari during their affair and a meeting was arranged in Leicester to hand it over.
But rather than handing over the money, the mother and daughter were plotting to seize Mr Hussain's phone containing the explicit material.
The Bukharis made arrangements with several others to travel with them in two cars to "teach Mr Hussain a harsh lesson".
Their co-defendants are:
Mohammed Patel, 20, of Braybrooke Road, Leicester
Natasha Akhtar, 21, of Alum Rock Road, Birmingham
Raees Jamal, 21, of Lingdale Close, Loughborough
Rekan Karwan, 28, of Tomlin Road, Leicester
Sanaf Gulammustafa, 22, of Littlemore Close, Leicester
Ameer Jamal, 27, of Catherine Street, Leicester
The jury was told Mr Ijazuddin agreed to take Mr Hussain from their home in Banbury to the meeting in a Tesco car park in Hamilton, Leicester, on 10 February.
The court heard an Audi TT and a Seat Leon with the defendants inside pulled up.
But Mr Thompson said it soon became apparent this "wasn't a normal meeting" and Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin drove away in their Skoda Fabia.
The Audi TT - a replacement car issued to Mahek Bukhari - had a tracking device and recorded speeds up to 100mph in the subsequent chase, the jury was told.
'I'm going to die'
The court was played a distressed 999 call made by Mr Hussein as he travelled in the passenger seat.
In the call, Mr Hussain said: "There's guys following me, they have balaclavas on… they're trying to ram me off the road.
"They're trying to kill me, I'm going to die… please sir, I just need help.
"They're hitting the back of the car, really fast… please I'm begging you. I'm going to die."
A scream was heard on the line before it abruptly ended.
Footage from police attending the crash scene at about 01:30 GMT showed the Skoda Fabia in flames against a tree in the central reservation of the A46 dual carriageway, close to the Six Hills junction near Leicester.
Police and firefighters discovered the remains of two bodies after extinguishing the roadside blaze. Both had to be identified through dental records, the court heard.
Mr Thompson said: "Using the bait of returning the money and the prospect of meeting Ansreen Bukhari, they set a trap for Saqib Hussain.
"It would seem one objective was to seize Saqib's iPhone which had the videos and pictures.
"But this would still leave Saqib to tell Ansreen's husband about the affair. The Crown say the plan had to have gone beyond seizing the iPhone.
"A way had to be found of silencing him of doing that… either to teach him a harsh lesson or to silence him forever by killing him."
The court was told that the driver Mr Ijazuddin was "completely innocent" and just "doing a favour for a mate."
"This tragically turned out to be a fatal mistake," Mr Thompson said. "It was a mistake that cost an innocent man his life."
The eight defendants are each charged with two counts of murder, which they deny.
The trial continues.
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Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin and Saqib Hussain, both 21 and from Oxfordshire, died in the crash on the A46 near Leicester on 11 February.
Mahek Bukhari, 23, her mother Ansreen, 45, and six others are charged with murder.
Their trial got under way at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday.
The court heard Mr Hussain and Ansreen Bukhari, of George Eardley Close, Stoke-on-Trent, began an affair in 2019 but she ended it in January 2022.
Collingwood Thompson KC, for the prosecution, said Mr Hussain had in his possession sexual videos and images of Ansreen Buhkari and made repeated attempts to contact her after she broke it off.
The court heard Mr Hussain was becoming "increasingly obsessive" and was "professing his love for her" but showed "anger and frustration".
The barrister said: "That anger manifested itself in an attempt to blackmail Ansreen Bukhari in order to persuade her to contact him.
"What he did was to threaten to send the sexually explicit material that existed on his Instagram to her husband, [and] to her son unless she agreed to speak to him."
The court heard her daughter - who was aware of the affair - was told of the blackmail plot and, fearful of the impact on her family, as well as her social media following, sent her mother a WhatsApp message saying: "I'll soon get him jumped by guys and he won't know what day it is."
The jury was told Mr Hussain was demanding up to £3,000 he had spent on dates with Ansreen Bukhari during their affair and a meeting was arranged in Leicester to hand it over.
But rather than handing over the money, the mother and daughter were plotting to seize Mr Hussain's phone containing the explicit material.
The Bukharis made arrangements with several others to travel with them in two cars to "teach Mr Hussain a harsh lesson".
Their co-defendants are:
Mohammed Patel, 20, of Braybrooke Road, Leicester
Natasha Akhtar, 21, of Alum Rock Road, Birmingham
Raees Jamal, 21, of Lingdale Close, Loughborough
Rekan Karwan, 28, of Tomlin Road, Leicester
Sanaf Gulammustafa, 22, of Littlemore Close, Leicester
Ameer Jamal, 27, of Catherine Street, Leicester
The jury was told Mr Ijazuddin agreed to take Mr Hussain from their home in Banbury to the meeting in a Tesco car park in Hamilton, Leicester, on 10 February.
The court heard an Audi TT and a Seat Leon with the defendants inside pulled up.
But Mr Thompson said it soon became apparent this "wasn't a normal meeting" and Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin drove away in their Skoda Fabia.
The Audi TT - a replacement car issued to Mahek Bukhari - had a tracking device and recorded speeds up to 100mph in the subsequent chase, the jury was told.
'I'm going to die'
The court was played a distressed 999 call made by Mr Hussein as he travelled in the passenger seat.
In the call, Mr Hussain said: "There's guys following me, they have balaclavas on… they're trying to ram me off the road.
"They're trying to kill me, I'm going to die… please sir, I just need help.
"They're hitting the back of the car, really fast… please I'm begging you. I'm going to die."
A scream was heard on the line before it abruptly ended.
Footage from police attending the crash scene at about 01:30 GMT showed the Skoda Fabia in flames against a tree in the central reservation of the A46 dual carriageway, close to the Six Hills junction near Leicester.
Police and firefighters discovered the remains of two bodies after extinguishing the roadside blaze. Both had to be identified through dental records, the court heard.
Mr Thompson said: "Using the bait of returning the money and the prospect of meeting Ansreen Bukhari, they set a trap for Saqib Hussain.
"It would seem one objective was to seize Saqib's iPhone which had the videos and pictures.
"But this would still leave Saqib to tell Ansreen's husband about the affair. The Crown say the plan had to have gone beyond seizing the iPhone.
"A way had to be found of silencing him of doing that… either to teach him a harsh lesson or to silence him forever by killing him."
The court was told that the driver Mr Ijazuddin was "completely innocent" and just "doing a favour for a mate."
"This tragically turned out to be a fatal mistake," Mr Thompson said. "It was a mistake that cost an innocent man his life."
The eight defendants are each charged with two counts of murder, which they deny.
The trial continues.
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Mohammed Ali and Umair Anys carried out the “sickening attack” on 18 June, 2020.
The victim, in his 30s, was walking in Watery Lane in Walsall, West Midsland, at about 10.45pm when he was shoved to the ground.
Ali and Anys repeatedly kicked and punched him as he begged them to stop before hitting him with bricks and a paving slab.
A court heard the pair then rifled through his pockets and stole his phone, keys and £3 in coins.
West Midlands Police (WMP) trawled CCTV and spoke to witnesses to identify Anys, who was just 17 at the time of the attack, and he was arrested a week later.
In August 2020 detectives launched a manhunt to find Ali. Four months later he was tracked down to Newquay in Cornwall where officers arrested him on 9 December.
Ali, 27, and Anys, now aged 19, of both of Walsall, denied robbery but were found guilty after a 10-day trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this year. A third man was cleared of the charge.
Ali was jailed for 14 years in prison and Anys to nine and a half.
The vulnerable victim, who has not been named, was left in a coma for three days following the attack. He has recovered but has been left traumatised by the robbery and is too scared to go out on his own.
PC Jodie Allen, of WMP, said: “Ali and Anys carried out a sickening attack on a helpless man for the sake of a phone and few pounds.
“They ignored his cries for help and their vicious attack has left him and his family with scars that will never heal.
“We can’t accept violence like this on our streets and we will always pursue those who commit such awful crimes.”
The victim, in his 30s, was walking in Watery Lane in Walsall, West Midsland, at about 10.45pm when he was shoved to the ground.
Ali and Anys repeatedly kicked and punched him as he begged them to stop before hitting him with bricks and a paving slab.
A court heard the pair then rifled through his pockets and stole his phone, keys and £3 in coins.
West Midlands Police (WMP) trawled CCTV and spoke to witnesses to identify Anys, who was just 17 at the time of the attack, and he was arrested a week later.
In August 2020 detectives launched a manhunt to find Ali. Four months later he was tracked down to Newquay in Cornwall where officers arrested him on 9 December.
Ali, 27, and Anys, now aged 19, of both of Walsall, denied robbery but were found guilty after a 10-day trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this year. A third man was cleared of the charge.
Ali was jailed for 14 years in prison and Anys to nine and a half.
The vulnerable victim, who has not been named, was left in a coma for three days following the attack. He has recovered but has been left traumatised by the robbery and is too scared to go out on his own.
PC Jodie Allen, of WMP, said: “Ali and Anys carried out a sickening attack on a helpless man for the sake of a phone and few pounds.
“They ignored his cries for help and their vicious attack has left him and his family with scars that will never heal.
“We can’t accept violence like this on our streets and we will always pursue those who commit such awful crimes.”
A man shot dead by police on a motorway was lawfully killed, an inquest found.
Yassar Yaqub, 28, was shot by an armed officer when the Audi car he was travelling in was stopped on the M62 near Huddersfield in January 2017.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court said the officer who shot Mr Yaqub "honestly believed... his life was in danger and he used reasonable force discharging his firearm".
His father Mohammed Yaqub said the family were considering a challenge.
Mr Yaqub and three other men were under surveillance by West Yorkshire Police.
The jury was told the Audi was rammed by an unmarked police car to stop it and an armed officer leant out of his window and fired three shots at Mr Yaqub.
Two of the bullets hit him in the chest and caused "catastrophic blood loss".
The officer who fired the fatal shots told the jury he had "no other alternative", saying Mr Yaqub pointed a gun at him before he fired.
The inquest heard a loaded pistol was found in the footwell under the front passenger seat, where Mr Yaqub had been when he was shot.
The West Yorkshire Police officer, known as V39 to protect his identity, told the inquest he had "feared for my life and the life of my colleagues".
V39 said Mr Yaqub had ignored his command to "show me your hands", and instead crouched down before bringing a handgun over the dashboard.
The officer said if he had not opened fire he "would have been shot" otherwise.
In a statement, Mr Yaqub's father Mohammed Yaqub said: "We are shocked and do not understand the verdict that this was lawful killing. We believe Yassar was unlawfully killed by V39. He was killed for no good reason. My family and I were cruelly robbed of Yassar. The chance to say our last words was missed.
He added: "We believe the coroner's decision not to allow the jury to consider whether Yassar was unlawfully killed was gravely wrong. The jury is the decision maker; not the coroner. The coroner has created injustice by not allowing the jury to decide these things - he has just decided what happened himself.
"We are actively considering our options with our legal team about whether to challenge this decision."
West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable John Robins said: "The loss of life in any circumstances is, of course, tragic and our sympathies remain with the Yaqub family for the loss of their loved one.
"But I also want to acknowledge how difficult the past five to six years have also been for the officers and staff who were directly involved.
"This has been a constant in their lives, from the incident itself, the criminal prosecutions, the investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and finally the recent inquest itself."
The IOPC said its investigation found the officer "gave a clear and credible account, which was strongly supported by other evidence, explaining the use of force to IOPC investigators".
"Based on the available information, we considered the use of force to be necessary and reasonable in the circumstances as he genuinely and reasonably believed them to be," it added.
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Yassar Yaqub, 28, was shot by an armed officer when the Audi car he was travelling in was stopped on the M62 near Huddersfield in January 2017.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court said the officer who shot Mr Yaqub "honestly believed... his life was in danger and he used reasonable force discharging his firearm".
His father Mohammed Yaqub said the family were considering a challenge.
Mr Yaqub and three other men were under surveillance by West Yorkshire Police.
The jury was told the Audi was rammed by an unmarked police car to stop it and an armed officer leant out of his window and fired three shots at Mr Yaqub.
Two of the bullets hit him in the chest and caused "catastrophic blood loss".
The officer who fired the fatal shots told the jury he had "no other alternative", saying Mr Yaqub pointed a gun at him before he fired.
The inquest heard a loaded pistol was found in the footwell under the front passenger seat, where Mr Yaqub had been when he was shot.
The West Yorkshire Police officer, known as V39 to protect his identity, told the inquest he had "feared for my life and the life of my colleagues".
V39 said Mr Yaqub had ignored his command to "show me your hands", and instead crouched down before bringing a handgun over the dashboard.
The officer said if he had not opened fire he "would have been shot" otherwise.
In a statement, Mr Yaqub's father Mohammed Yaqub said: "We are shocked and do not understand the verdict that this was lawful killing. We believe Yassar was unlawfully killed by V39. He was killed for no good reason. My family and I were cruelly robbed of Yassar. The chance to say our last words was missed.
He added: "We believe the coroner's decision not to allow the jury to consider whether Yassar was unlawfully killed was gravely wrong. The jury is the decision maker; not the coroner. The coroner has created injustice by not allowing the jury to decide these things - he has just decided what happened himself.
"We are actively considering our options with our legal team about whether to challenge this decision."
West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable John Robins said: "The loss of life in any circumstances is, of course, tragic and our sympathies remain with the Yaqub family for the loss of their loved one.
"But I also want to acknowledge how difficult the past five to six years have also been for the officers and staff who were directly involved.
"This has been a constant in their lives, from the incident itself, the criminal prosecutions, the investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and finally the recent inquest itself."
The IOPC said its investigation found the officer "gave a clear and credible account, which was strongly supported by other evidence, explaining the use of force to IOPC investigators".
"Based on the available information, we considered the use of force to be necessary and reasonable in the circumstances as he genuinely and reasonably believed them to be," it added.
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Man guilty of murdering Walthamstow dad-of-two stabbed to death while defending his brother
A man has been convicted of murdering a devoted dad who was trying to protect his brother. Mohammed Raza Gulzar, known as Raza to his friends, was fatally stabbed in his abdomen after a fight broke out on High Road in Whetstone on June 17, 2021 after his brother was attacked in Walthamstow.
Despite the efforts of the emergency services, the 29-year-old died in front of his “distraught” family two days later. At the time of his murder, Raza was a married father of two young children and had moved from Norway to Waltham Forest following the death of his dad.
His killer, Mohammed Abraheem Sikander, 24, had denied his murder but was convicted today (Monday, November 7) at the Old Bailey. Jurors heard that events began at 9.30pm when Raza’s brother Kashif was assaulted outside his local shop in Walthamstow by Abraheem’s uncle, Shazan Sikander. This was a case of mistaken identity, after Shazan believed him to be responsible for a threatening note that had been posted through his letterbox.
Kate Lumsdon KC, prosecuting, said: “He was joined by other men, his relatives, who had pulled up in a Range Rover. The Crown say that they were summoned by Shazan.
“Kashif is assaulted by these men. They take Kashif’s car keys and his phone from his pocket. The shopkeepers, who know Kashif, intervene. It becomes clear to Shazan that he has the wrong man. One of the men then gives Kashif his phone back and puts some money in his pocket, he said “because of mistaken identity” - apparently as compensation. Shazan and the other men then got into the Range Rover and drove off.”
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A man has been convicted of murdering a devoted dad who was trying to protect his brother. Mohammed Raza Gulzar, known as Raza to his friends, was fatally stabbed in his abdomen after a fight broke out on High Road in Whetstone on June 17, 2021 after his brother was attacked in Walthamstow.
Despite the efforts of the emergency services, the 29-year-old died in front of his “distraught” family two days later. At the time of his murder, Raza was a married father of two young children and had moved from Norway to Waltham Forest following the death of his dad.
His killer, Mohammed Abraheem Sikander, 24, had denied his murder but was convicted today (Monday, November 7) at the Old Bailey. Jurors heard that events began at 9.30pm when Raza’s brother Kashif was assaulted outside his local shop in Walthamstow by Abraheem’s uncle, Shazan Sikander. This was a case of mistaken identity, after Shazan believed him to be responsible for a threatening note that had been posted through his letterbox.
Kate Lumsdon KC, prosecuting, said: “He was joined by other men, his relatives, who had pulled up in a Range Rover. The Crown say that they were summoned by Shazan.
“Kashif is assaulted by these men. They take Kashif’s car keys and his phone from his pocket. The shopkeepers, who know Kashif, intervene. It becomes clear to Shazan that he has the wrong man. One of the men then gives Kashif his phone back and puts some money in his pocket, he said “because of mistaken identity” - apparently as compensation. Shazan and the other men then got into the Range Rover and drove off.”
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An Encrochat dealer has been jailed after supplying the North West with cocaine and heroin in a £1m drug plot.
Nabeel Rasheed supplied Liverpool as part of his drug ring that covered a number of places across the North West using Encrochat, with the 28-year-old using the alias "Limitedturtle". Rasheed used the encrypted messaging service to message members of organised crime groups.
Rasheed, of Southbank Road, Bury, was part of the drug ring that was based in Oldham, with him being involved in the purchase of at least 15kg of cocaine and 9.5kg of heroin between April and June 2020, as well as breaking down batches into smaller amounts which were then sold to distributors who supplied customers in the likes of Liverpool and Bradford.
On Friday, July 16, 2021, Greater Manchester Police officers conducted surveillance on Rasheed who was seen carrying two bin liners and another bag into his home. More than 14kg of cocaine was found in his bedroom, with an estimated wholesale price of £529k, and packaging from more than 100kg which had already been broken up.
The potential street value of the 100kg of packaging that was found would be up to £3.6m. The findings from the search matched the events that were shown in the messages sent and received by Rasheed on Encrochat.
Detective Constable Marc Walby, of GMP Serious and Organised Crime Group (SOCG), said: "This gang thought they were able to avoid detection by using these devices; they have instead presented us with a treasure trove of evidence that has enabled us to take this criminal group off our streets and highlight our commitment to removing drugs from our communities.
"Our team worked meticulously with other agencies to piece together a timeline of Rasheed’s actions to bring about charges and then a conviction for his crimes. The severity of his offences should not be underestimated, and the quantities of drugs we are talking about here are beyond substantial. The removal of Rasheed and his associates will have a discernible difference on the streets of Oldham and across the Northwest.
“Information or concerns from the public regarding drug supply in your area plays a key part in our process. If you have any information which may aid our investigations into the trade of drugs across Greater Manchester, then please get in touch with us on the numbers provided below."
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Nabeel Rasheed supplied Liverpool as part of his drug ring that covered a number of places across the North West using Encrochat, with the 28-year-old using the alias "Limitedturtle". Rasheed used the encrypted messaging service to message members of organised crime groups.
Rasheed, of Southbank Road, Bury, was part of the drug ring that was based in Oldham, with him being involved in the purchase of at least 15kg of cocaine and 9.5kg of heroin between April and June 2020, as well as breaking down batches into smaller amounts which were then sold to distributors who supplied customers in the likes of Liverpool and Bradford.
On Friday, July 16, 2021, Greater Manchester Police officers conducted surveillance on Rasheed who was seen carrying two bin liners and another bag into his home. More than 14kg of cocaine was found in his bedroom, with an estimated wholesale price of £529k, and packaging from more than 100kg which had already been broken up.
The potential street value of the 100kg of packaging that was found would be up to £3.6m. The findings from the search matched the events that were shown in the messages sent and received by Rasheed on Encrochat.
Detective Constable Marc Walby, of GMP Serious and Organised Crime Group (SOCG), said: "This gang thought they were able to avoid detection by using these devices; they have instead presented us with a treasure trove of evidence that has enabled us to take this criminal group off our streets and highlight our commitment to removing drugs from our communities.
"Our team worked meticulously with other agencies to piece together a timeline of Rasheed’s actions to bring about charges and then a conviction for his crimes. The severity of his offences should not be underestimated, and the quantities of drugs we are talking about here are beyond substantial. The removal of Rasheed and his associates will have a discernible difference on the streets of Oldham and across the Northwest.
“Information or concerns from the public regarding drug supply in your area plays a key part in our process. If you have any information which may aid our investigations into the trade of drugs across Greater Manchester, then please get in touch with us on the numbers provided below."
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Asians are no more prone to crime than whites or blacks. There is a lot of issues behind such generalisations.
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A teenager caught peddling cocaine for a Manchester drugs gang went on the run for almost a year before being jailed.
James Hartson, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that at lunchtime on January 13, 2020, police officers on Swansea's High Street saw a male trying to hide from them in the doorway of a café. When the officers approached the man he smelled strongly of cannabis, Wales Online reports.
The defendant ran off, and as he did so was seen to throw a package to the floor. The package was recovered before officers caught up with Chaudry.
The court heard that when the package was examined it was found to contain seven wraps of high-purity cocaine. Chaudry was searched and was found to be carrying £300 in cash, three mobile phones, and a key card for a room at the Premier Inn hotel on the city's Wind Street.
A search of the defendant's room uncovered further wraps of cocaine and another £151 in cash. One of the teenager's phones showed the defendant had been in direct contact with a number linked to a known county lines drug dealing operation.
Mr Hartson said enquiries showed Chaudry had been staying at the Premier Inn for the past few days, paying for the room each day with cash. He said paying cash for hotel rooms on a daily basis was a tactic commonly used by so-called county lines drug gangs as it allowed dealers and couriers to easily return to their home city to restock.
The prosecutor said "it must be noted with regret" that it had taken 17 months to charge Chaudry following his arrest, but he said the defendant had then failed to attend court and an arrest warrant was issued. He said Chaudry was unlawfully at large for almost a year before being arrested.
Talha Chaudry, now aged 20, of Park Road, Prestwich, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to supply and to a bail offence when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has 19 previous convictions for 33 offences including possession of cannabis with intent to supply.
Ian Metcalfe, for Chaudry, said the defendant was aged 18 years and two months at the time of the offence. He said his client's "highly disrupted and unstable adolescence" had left him "particularly vulnerable to being groomed" by older and more criminally sophisticated members of an organised crime group, and he said Chaudry had been "dispatched to Swansea to sell drugs by others who were able to remain in the shadows and reap the rewards".
The barrister said the 17 month delay in charging Chaudry was "particular mystifying" as he had been arrested with drugs on him and police had "pretty much" all the evidence they needed on that day, though he accepted that once charged the defendant then taken the "entirely wrong decision" not to attend court and to return to Manchester where he slept rough and sofa-surfed with associates until his arrest following a road traffic collision.
Judge Paul Thomas KC said cities and town such as Swansea were "plagued" by county lines gang drug dealers operating out of large cities such as London, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. He told Chaudry that he had been just 18 when he had come to Swansea for the sole purpose of supplying drugs, but even at that age he would had known of consequences he faced if caught.
Chaudry was sentenced to 28 months detention and will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence.
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James Hartson, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that at lunchtime on January 13, 2020, police officers on Swansea's High Street saw a male trying to hide from them in the doorway of a café. When the officers approached the man he smelled strongly of cannabis, Wales Online reports.
The defendant ran off, and as he did so was seen to throw a package to the floor. The package was recovered before officers caught up with Chaudry.
The court heard that when the package was examined it was found to contain seven wraps of high-purity cocaine. Chaudry was searched and was found to be carrying £300 in cash, three mobile phones, and a key card for a room at the Premier Inn hotel on the city's Wind Street.
A search of the defendant's room uncovered further wraps of cocaine and another £151 in cash. One of the teenager's phones showed the defendant had been in direct contact with a number linked to a known county lines drug dealing operation.
Mr Hartson said enquiries showed Chaudry had been staying at the Premier Inn for the past few days, paying for the room each day with cash. He said paying cash for hotel rooms on a daily basis was a tactic commonly used by so-called county lines drug gangs as it allowed dealers and couriers to easily return to their home city to restock.
The prosecutor said "it must be noted with regret" that it had taken 17 months to charge Chaudry following his arrest, but he said the defendant had then failed to attend court and an arrest warrant was issued. He said Chaudry was unlawfully at large for almost a year before being arrested.
Talha Chaudry, now aged 20, of Park Road, Prestwich, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to supply and to a bail offence when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has 19 previous convictions for 33 offences including possession of cannabis with intent to supply.
Ian Metcalfe, for Chaudry, said the defendant was aged 18 years and two months at the time of the offence. He said his client's "highly disrupted and unstable adolescence" had left him "particularly vulnerable to being groomed" by older and more criminally sophisticated members of an organised crime group, and he said Chaudry had been "dispatched to Swansea to sell drugs by others who were able to remain in the shadows and reap the rewards".
The barrister said the 17 month delay in charging Chaudry was "particular mystifying" as he had been arrested with drugs on him and police had "pretty much" all the evidence they needed on that day, though he accepted that once charged the defendant then taken the "entirely wrong decision" not to attend court and to return to Manchester where he slept rough and sofa-surfed with associates until his arrest following a road traffic collision.
Judge Paul Thomas KC said cities and town such as Swansea were "plagued" by county lines gang drug dealers operating out of large cities such as London, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. He told Chaudry that he had been just 18 when he had come to Swansea for the sole purpose of supplying drugs, but even at that age he would had known of consequences he faced if caught.
Chaudry was sentenced to 28 months detention and will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence.
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The names and faces of 5 West London fraudsters who stole £157,000 by befriending drunk Londoners on nights out
Two West London men have been jailed, and another three sentenced, for stealing nearly £157,000 from drunk Londoners on nights out. The gang of five men targeted members of the public, late at night and in the early morning, in a series of thefts across the capital.
Victims' had bank cards stolen, which were used fraudulently, including for the purchase of £37,000 worth of designer clothes. The men pleaded guilty to the acquisition, use and possession of criminal property, conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to defraud at Inner London Crown Court on Friday, August 12.
They were sentenced on Thursday, November 24. Mohammed Yusuf, 26 and Arun Babbar, 23, both from Harrow were each sentenced to more than three years in jail and handed a five year criminal behaviour order. Hamzah Mahmood, 25, from Wembley, Reece Brown, 25, and Mahamed Hassan, 25, both from Harrow, were handed suspended sentences.
Mahmood has also been handed a three year criminal behaviour order, and ordered to complete 100 hours unpaid work, a 20-day rehabilitation activity, wear an electronic tag for three months and follow a curfew for six months. Brown and Hassan were each handed a two year criminal behaviour order, and ordered to complete a 20-day rehabilitation activity and wear an electronic tag for three months.
The gang embarked on a crime rampage at midnight on November 26, 2021. Babbar, Mahmood and Yusuf stood around a man while he withdrew £10 from an ATM near Cannon Street . The man couldn't remember exactly what happened, but soon realised more than £1,000 had been spent using his bank cards while he was with the group. A third bank card was also missing.
The same three men and Brown targeted another victim on the same night in Moorgate. They purchased alcohol and the victim invited them to his flat in Ealing at around 4am. The gang left the flat at 8.25am, and the victim later noticed his card was missing. It was used to buy £10,000 worth of designer clothes the same day.
Babbar and Hassan moved on to the gang's third victim on November 28, 2021. The pair gave a lift to a man leaving a nightclub in Euston. The victim invited the pair to his home at around 6.40am. Babbar and Hassan left an hour later with four watches worth £26,800. The victim later noticed that £27,000 had also been spent from his bank account on designer clothes and sportswear.
Police arrested Babbar on December 16, 2021, in relation to a robbery near London Bridge in October last year. He received eight-months in jail, which will run at the same time as his sentences for thefts. Hassan and Mahmood were spotted by police getting close to a man at an ATM on March 5, 2022 on Eastcheap.
When police challenged the pair, they said the man was their friend. But, they were unable to confirm his name when asked by police. Police found Mahmood in possession of two bank cards that weren't his. Police later searched the homes of Mahmood, Brown, Hassan and Yusuf on March 8, 2022.
Mahmood was also linked to three additional thefts reported in December 2021 and February 2022. Babbar was linked to a further five thefts between September 21, 2021 and November, 17, 2021 after police found a cryptocurrency wallet worth £59,991.
Detective Sergeant Dominic Shaw, from City of London Police’s Major Crime Team, said: "This group deliberately targeted people who had been on a night out, as they knew they would be more vulnerable to theft. They earned the trust of their victims, sometimes enough to be invited into their homes, before stealing tens of thousands of pounds from their bank and cryptocurrency accounts.
“However, the men left several traces of their activity and City of London Police officers were able to link them to each theft through CCTV footage and financial evidence. This result shows that we have the tools to stop this type of criminal activity and will take action against those who engage in criminal behaviour in the City.”
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Two West London men have been jailed, and another three sentenced, for stealing nearly £157,000 from drunk Londoners on nights out. The gang of five men targeted members of the public, late at night and in the early morning, in a series of thefts across the capital.
Victims' had bank cards stolen, which were used fraudulently, including for the purchase of £37,000 worth of designer clothes. The men pleaded guilty to the acquisition, use and possession of criminal property, conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to defraud at Inner London Crown Court on Friday, August 12.
They were sentenced on Thursday, November 24. Mohammed Yusuf, 26 and Arun Babbar, 23, both from Harrow were each sentenced to more than three years in jail and handed a five year criminal behaviour order. Hamzah Mahmood, 25, from Wembley, Reece Brown, 25, and Mahamed Hassan, 25, both from Harrow, were handed suspended sentences.
Mahmood has also been handed a three year criminal behaviour order, and ordered to complete 100 hours unpaid work, a 20-day rehabilitation activity, wear an electronic tag for three months and follow a curfew for six months. Brown and Hassan were each handed a two year criminal behaviour order, and ordered to complete a 20-day rehabilitation activity and wear an electronic tag for three months.
The gang embarked on a crime rampage at midnight on November 26, 2021. Babbar, Mahmood and Yusuf stood around a man while he withdrew £10 from an ATM near Cannon Street . The man couldn't remember exactly what happened, but soon realised more than £1,000 had been spent using his bank cards while he was with the group. A third bank card was also missing.
The same three men and Brown targeted another victim on the same night in Moorgate. They purchased alcohol and the victim invited them to his flat in Ealing at around 4am. The gang left the flat at 8.25am, and the victim later noticed his card was missing. It was used to buy £10,000 worth of designer clothes the same day.
Babbar and Hassan moved on to the gang's third victim on November 28, 2021. The pair gave a lift to a man leaving a nightclub in Euston. The victim invited the pair to his home at around 6.40am. Babbar and Hassan left an hour later with four watches worth £26,800. The victim later noticed that £27,000 had also been spent from his bank account on designer clothes and sportswear.
Police arrested Babbar on December 16, 2021, in relation to a robbery near London Bridge in October last year. He received eight-months in jail, which will run at the same time as his sentences for thefts. Hassan and Mahmood were spotted by police getting close to a man at an ATM on March 5, 2022 on Eastcheap.
When police challenged the pair, they said the man was their friend. But, they were unable to confirm his name when asked by police. Police found Mahmood in possession of two bank cards that weren't his. Police later searched the homes of Mahmood, Brown, Hassan and Yusuf on March 8, 2022.
Mahmood was also linked to three additional thefts reported in December 2021 and February 2022. Babbar was linked to a further five thefts between September 21, 2021 and November, 17, 2021 after police found a cryptocurrency wallet worth £59,991.
Detective Sergeant Dominic Shaw, from City of London Police’s Major Crime Team, said: "This group deliberately targeted people who had been on a night out, as they knew they would be more vulnerable to theft. They earned the trust of their victims, sometimes enough to be invited into their homes, before stealing tens of thousands of pounds from their bank and cryptocurrency accounts.
“However, the men left several traces of their activity and City of London Police officers were able to link them to each theft through CCTV footage and financial evidence. This result shows that we have the tools to stop this type of criminal activity and will take action against those who engage in criminal behaviour in the City.”
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Ex-bank manager turned gangster's moll lived luxury life off cocaine and heroin empire
Szenm Asghar, 37, worked in corporate banking with the Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest before she joined the ‘Sniper’ drugs line with unemployed husband Rashid Hussain, 35.
The pair preyed on vulnerable addicts in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and flooded the streets with heroin and crack cocaine while living a ‘luxurious lifestyle’.
They splashed out on designer Rolex watches, clothing and even two pedigree cats, which were found alongside drug paraphernalia when police raided their home in December last year.
More than £20,000 in cash was hidden throughout their luxury apartment in a £3.1 million development in Bamford, and some was on display in the lounge.
A total of 10 mobile phones were also found, which contained ‘marketing’ texts with the tagline ‘Sniper Line Active – Best Gear in Town’.
Phone footage showed Hussain clutching giant wads of cash and bragging: ‘This money has made me.’
The pair were arrested in December last year, but Asghar claimed she did not know how her husband got his money, and she acted out of ‘misguided loyalty’.
Asghar moved back to her hometown of Bury when she was on bail, where she continued to run her drugs line.
A second raid at her home uncovered more than £15,000 in cash, a total of 86g of heroin and crack cocaine, as well as 1kg of the painkiller phenacetin, which is used to mix into drugs to increase volume.
In all, detectives found 275 wraps of heroin and 174 wraps of cocaine, as well as £2,390 in cash in an envelope, £2,595 and almost £10,000 stashed inside two scarves, and a further £475.
Asghar was jailed for three years and four months and Hussain was jailed for seven and a half years at Manchester Crown Court after both were convicted of possessing criminal property and being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
Accounting notes found in the address showed that in a seven-day period, £12,705 cash was received with another £7,755 received the following week.
Another note stated: ‘Paid 14 thousand cash on 28th September 2021, remaining balance is £11,000 by the end of 31st October 2021 to be paid.’
Detective sergeant Gabe Gibson, of Rochdale Police, said: ‘Hussain and his partner Asghar used the handle “Sniper” to peddle their drugs, but they shot themselves in the foot by leaving a wealth of evidence to be recovered from their home addresses.
‘Asghar was seemingly immersed into Hussain’s drug dealing world, but having enjoyed the proceeds of crime, wanted more.
‘Asghar clearly benefited from this illicit enterprise, possessing large amounts of cash, designer goods, taking over the drugs business herself after Hussain was remanded in custody, enabling her lifestyle to be maintained.’
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Szenm Asghar, 37, worked in corporate banking with the Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest before she joined the ‘Sniper’ drugs line with unemployed husband Rashid Hussain, 35.
The pair preyed on vulnerable addicts in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and flooded the streets with heroin and crack cocaine while living a ‘luxurious lifestyle’.
They splashed out on designer Rolex watches, clothing and even two pedigree cats, which were found alongside drug paraphernalia when police raided their home in December last year.
More than £20,000 in cash was hidden throughout their luxury apartment in a £3.1 million development in Bamford, and some was on display in the lounge.
A total of 10 mobile phones were also found, which contained ‘marketing’ texts with the tagline ‘Sniper Line Active – Best Gear in Town’.
Phone footage showed Hussain clutching giant wads of cash and bragging: ‘This money has made me.’
The pair were arrested in December last year, but Asghar claimed she did not know how her husband got his money, and she acted out of ‘misguided loyalty’.
Asghar moved back to her hometown of Bury when she was on bail, where she continued to run her drugs line.
A second raid at her home uncovered more than £15,000 in cash, a total of 86g of heroin and crack cocaine, as well as 1kg of the painkiller phenacetin, which is used to mix into drugs to increase volume.
In all, detectives found 275 wraps of heroin and 174 wraps of cocaine, as well as £2,390 in cash in an envelope, £2,595 and almost £10,000 stashed inside two scarves, and a further £475.
Asghar was jailed for three years and four months and Hussain was jailed for seven and a half years at Manchester Crown Court after both were convicted of possessing criminal property and being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
Accounting notes found in the address showed that in a seven-day period, £12,705 cash was received with another £7,755 received the following week.
Another note stated: ‘Paid 14 thousand cash on 28th September 2021, remaining balance is £11,000 by the end of 31st October 2021 to be paid.’
Detective sergeant Gabe Gibson, of Rochdale Police, said: ‘Hussain and his partner Asghar used the handle “Sniper” to peddle their drugs, but they shot themselves in the foot by leaving a wealth of evidence to be recovered from their home addresses.
‘Asghar was seemingly immersed into Hussain’s drug dealing world, but having enjoyed the proceeds of crime, wanted more.
‘Asghar clearly benefited from this illicit enterprise, possessing large amounts of cash, designer goods, taking over the drugs business herself after Hussain was remanded in custody, enabling her lifestyle to be maintained.’
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Indian-Origin Police Officer Guilty Of Misconduct For Lying In UK
An Indian-origin police officer in the West Midlands Police has been found guilty of gross misconduct after she was found to have concocted a detailed story concerning discriminatory behaviour within the force for personal benefit to rise up the ranks.
Police Sergeant Sarah Srivastava's case dates back to November 2019 when she attended a meeting for a job promotion and most recently resulted in a judicial review ruling in the High Court in Birmingham earlier this month. The officer admitted to lying to a promotion panel about how she proactively tackled a case of discrimination.
“The officer had been asked to ‘Give an example of how you considered a range of values and needs when making a decision that affects a group of people'. In response, she had stated that there had been an occasion on which members of her team had made discriminatory comments to a transgender officer which she had challenged,” according to a court judgment document.
“When questioned further, the officer had admitted that the transphobic incident had not occurred and that her account at the interview had been entirely untrue,” it reads.
The matter was referred to the West Midlands Police Professional Standards Department and Srivastava was interviewed in January 2020 followed by a misconduct hearing in October that year. The officer faced disciplinary action and the Police Misconduct Panel decided to issue her with a final written warning.
“Without doubt and we want to make this very clear Sergeant Srivastava that the panel found that your behaviour was reprehensible and serious but the question to be determined by the panel was how serious your gross misconduct was,” notes the panel's assessment in the court document.
As the Appropriate Authority (AA) in such cases was of the view that the gross misconduct should amount to dismissal without notice, the West Midlands Police took its application to the level of a High Court judicial review which concluded on December 2.
Srivastava has since expressed regret at having presented an “embellished” account and insisted that her false account had not been planned prior to the interview or intended to cause harm.
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An Indian-origin police officer in the West Midlands Police has been found guilty of gross misconduct after she was found to have concocted a detailed story concerning discriminatory behaviour within the force for personal benefit to rise up the ranks.
Police Sergeant Sarah Srivastava's case dates back to November 2019 when she attended a meeting for a job promotion and most recently resulted in a judicial review ruling in the High Court in Birmingham earlier this month. The officer admitted to lying to a promotion panel about how she proactively tackled a case of discrimination.
“The officer had been asked to ‘Give an example of how you considered a range of values and needs when making a decision that affects a group of people'. In response, she had stated that there had been an occasion on which members of her team had made discriminatory comments to a transgender officer which she had challenged,” according to a court judgment document.
“When questioned further, the officer had admitted that the transphobic incident had not occurred and that her account at the interview had been entirely untrue,” it reads.
The matter was referred to the West Midlands Police Professional Standards Department and Srivastava was interviewed in January 2020 followed by a misconduct hearing in October that year. The officer faced disciplinary action and the Police Misconduct Panel decided to issue her with a final written warning.
“Without doubt and we want to make this very clear Sergeant Srivastava that the panel found that your behaviour was reprehensible and serious but the question to be determined by the panel was how serious your gross misconduct was,” notes the panel's assessment in the court document.
As the Appropriate Authority (AA) in such cases was of the view that the gross misconduct should amount to dismissal without notice, the West Midlands Police took its application to the level of a High Court judicial review which concluded on December 2.
Srivastava has since expressed regret at having presented an “embellished” account and insisted that her false account had not been planned prior to the interview or intended to cause harm.
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Indian-Origin Nurse, 2 Children Found Dead In UK, Probe Launched
An Indian-origin woman and her two young children died after being found with serious injuries at their home in the Northampton region of eastern England, local police said as they launched a murder investigation today.
The woman, locally identified as a 40-year-old Malayali nurse from Kottayam, and her six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter died after being discovered in their home in the town of Kettering.
A 52-year-old man, believed to be the woman's husband, has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident and remains in police custody. Northamptonshire Police said officers are not seeking anyone else in relation to the "desperately sad" case.
"There are no words to describe how upsetting this incident is, but I want to reassure the public that we have a team of detectives working on the case, absolutely determined to get justice for this woman and the two children," said Superintendent Steve Freeman, Local Policing Area Commander for Northamptonshire Police.
"We understand that the local community, and indeed many people across the country, will be shocked by this event. It is a desperately sad incident and I want to be absolutely clear on our unwavering commitment in establishing what has happened here and in seeking justice for this woman and these young children," he said.
He said the man they arrested is being questioned by detectives in custody and asked for anyone with any information to contact them.
Police officers were called to the residential property on Thursday morning and said that despite their best efforts and that of the paramedics, the woman died at the scene and the two children later died in the hospital.
Forensic post-mortem examinations to establish the cause of death will be taking place in the coming days after which the names of the victims will be formally released.
Locally, tributes have started pouring in for the nurse, who worked at Kettering General Hospital, and her children. Her husband reportedly worked at a hotel and the family is believed to have been in the UK for around a year or so.
"All of us in Kettering find ourselves shocked by the news of the tragic deaths of three members of our community," said Councillor Keli Watts, Mayor of Kettering.
"We all send our love and support to the friends and family of the victims and also to neighbours at Petherton Court. We all stand ready to support those affected," she said.
"This is a tragic case and my thoughts are with the loved-ones of the victims at this time," added Councillor Jason Smithers, leader of local North Northants Council.
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An Indian-origin woman and her two young children died after being found with serious injuries at their home in the Northampton region of eastern England, local police said as they launched a murder investigation today.
The woman, locally identified as a 40-year-old Malayali nurse from Kottayam, and her six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter died after being discovered in their home in the town of Kettering.
A 52-year-old man, believed to be the woman's husband, has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident and remains in police custody. Northamptonshire Police said officers are not seeking anyone else in relation to the "desperately sad" case.
"There are no words to describe how upsetting this incident is, but I want to reassure the public that we have a team of detectives working on the case, absolutely determined to get justice for this woman and the two children," said Superintendent Steve Freeman, Local Policing Area Commander for Northamptonshire Police.
"We understand that the local community, and indeed many people across the country, will be shocked by this event. It is a desperately sad incident and I want to be absolutely clear on our unwavering commitment in establishing what has happened here and in seeking justice for this woman and these young children," he said.
He said the man they arrested is being questioned by detectives in custody and asked for anyone with any information to contact them.
Police officers were called to the residential property on Thursday morning and said that despite their best efforts and that of the paramedics, the woman died at the scene and the two children later died in the hospital.
Forensic post-mortem examinations to establish the cause of death will be taking place in the coming days after which the names of the victims will be formally released.
Locally, tributes have started pouring in for the nurse, who worked at Kettering General Hospital, and her children. Her husband reportedly worked at a hotel and the family is believed to have been in the UK for around a year or so.
"All of us in Kettering find ourselves shocked by the news of the tragic deaths of three members of our community," said Councillor Keli Watts, Mayor of Kettering.
"We all send our love and support to the friends and family of the victims and also to neighbours at Petherton Court. We all stand ready to support those affected," she said.
"This is a tragic case and my thoughts are with the loved-ones of the victims at this time," added Councillor Jason Smithers, leader of local North Northants Council.
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Indian-Origin Nurse, 2 Children Killed At Their Home In UK's Northampton
A day after the killing of an Indian-origin nurse from Kerala and her two young children was reported from the UK, her family on Saturday alleged that her husband was a "cruel" man and he had assaulted his wife in the past also.
To add to their troubles, they need around ₹ 30 lakh for bringing the bodies back to India and to see their daughter and grandkids for one last time.
The nurse -- 35-year-old Anju Asok -- and her children, a boy aged 6 years and a girl of 4 years, were found with serious injuries at their home in Kettering in the Northampton region of eastern England on Thursday.
According to police there, Asok died at the scene and the children succumbed to injuries in the hospital.
Speaking to the media at their home in Vaikom area of Kottayam district of the state, Asok's parents said that local police had informed them on the previous night that according to the post mortem of their daughter, she was strangled to death using a cloth or a rope.
The post-mortem of their grandkids was to be conducted today.
Asok's mother alleged that her son-in-law -- Saju-- is a "cruel" person and she has seen him assault her daughter and grandson when the couple was living in Saudi Arabia.
"I was staying with them when my granddaughter was born. I have seen him hit Anju and my grandson. He is a cruel person. He gets angry very quickly. I was scared to be alone with him in the house there.
"But my daughter never complained. She suffered everything in silence as she did not want us to worry. I am sure his cruelty continued when they moved to England," she told reporters.
She also said that Saju, who had a job in Saudi Arabia, was unemployed while in England, yet he used to control the finances and would rarely send them any money.
"He would decide when we can see our daughter and grandkids via video call," Asok's mother claimed.
She also said that her son-in-law's family, who are based in Kannur, loved her daughter and grandkids and they never had any complaints about Asok.
Asok's father said that his daughter studied nursing in Bengaluru and was working there when she met Saju, who used to work in a travel agency.
"It was a love marriage. When she informed us, we were hesitant. But they were both adults and educated people. He was working in a travel agency.
"My daughter said she would accept it if we said no to their marriage, but she also said not to insist on marrying someone else. So, we agreed to their getting married," he said.
He also said that while he has not seen his daughter being hit, he has seen his grandson being allegedly manhandled by Saju who was short-tempered.
Asok's parents want to see their daughter and grandkids for one last time, but for that they need around ₹ 30 lakhs, an amount which is beyond their means.
"We lost everything in the 2018 floods. All we have now is 13 cents of land and this house. If I sell it off, my ailing wife and I will have no place to live in our old age. I have no other means to raise that kind of money.
"I am hoping people will help. I will be very grateful to those who can help," he said as his eyes brimmed with tears.
Asok's mother too spoke along similar lines when she said they do not have the means to raise ₹ 30 lakh.
"We want to see them for one last time," she said with tears flowing down her cheeks.
Asok was a nurse working for the National Health Service (NHS) at Kettering General Hospital since 2021.
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A day after the killing of an Indian-origin nurse from Kerala and her two young children was reported from the UK, her family on Saturday alleged that her husband was a "cruel" man and he had assaulted his wife in the past also.
To add to their troubles, they need around ₹ 30 lakh for bringing the bodies back to India and to see their daughter and grandkids for one last time.
The nurse -- 35-year-old Anju Asok -- and her children, a boy aged 6 years and a girl of 4 years, were found with serious injuries at their home in Kettering in the Northampton region of eastern England on Thursday.
According to police there, Asok died at the scene and the children succumbed to injuries in the hospital.
Speaking to the media at their home in Vaikom area of Kottayam district of the state, Asok's parents said that local police had informed them on the previous night that according to the post mortem of their daughter, she was strangled to death using a cloth or a rope.
The post-mortem of their grandkids was to be conducted today.
Asok's mother alleged that her son-in-law -- Saju-- is a "cruel" person and she has seen him assault her daughter and grandson when the couple was living in Saudi Arabia.
"I was staying with them when my granddaughter was born. I have seen him hit Anju and my grandson. He is a cruel person. He gets angry very quickly. I was scared to be alone with him in the house there.
"But my daughter never complained. She suffered everything in silence as she did not want us to worry. I am sure his cruelty continued when they moved to England," she told reporters.
She also said that Saju, who had a job in Saudi Arabia, was unemployed while in England, yet he used to control the finances and would rarely send them any money.
"He would decide when we can see our daughter and grandkids via video call," Asok's mother claimed.
She also said that her son-in-law's family, who are based in Kannur, loved her daughter and grandkids and they never had any complaints about Asok.
Asok's father said that his daughter studied nursing in Bengaluru and was working there when she met Saju, who used to work in a travel agency.
"It was a love marriage. When she informed us, we were hesitant. But they were both adults and educated people. He was working in a travel agency.
"My daughter said she would accept it if we said no to their marriage, but she also said not to insist on marrying someone else. So, we agreed to their getting married," he said.
He also said that while he has not seen his daughter being hit, he has seen his grandson being allegedly manhandled by Saju who was short-tempered.
Asok's parents want to see their daughter and grandkids for one last time, but for that they need around ₹ 30 lakhs, an amount which is beyond their means.
"We lost everything in the 2018 floods. All we have now is 13 cents of land and this house. If I sell it off, my ailing wife and I will have no place to live in our old age. I have no other means to raise that kind of money.
"I am hoping people will help. I will be very grateful to those who can help," he said as his eyes brimmed with tears.
Asok's mother too spoke along similar lines when she said they do not have the means to raise ₹ 30 lakh.
"We want to see them for one last time," she said with tears flowing down her cheeks.
Asok was a nurse working for the National Health Service (NHS) at Kettering General Hospital since 2021.
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British Sikh MP Calls For Bullying Probe After Indian-Origin Doctor's Suicide
Britain's first female Sikh MP has written to the UK government calling for an independent inquiry into a state-funded National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust in Birmingham following the suicide of an Indian-origin junior doctor and several reports of bullying she has received from staff.
Preet Kaur Gill, who is the member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston where the hospital trust is based, on Wednesday published her letter to UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Twitter, which calls for an inquiry into the culture at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB).
She referenced the suicide of 35-year-old Dr Vaishnavi Kumar who worked at Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital and whose inquest last month heard how she felt “belittled” at work and would come home and cry.
“In the wake of the inquest following the heart-breaking suicide of Dr Vaishnavi Kumar, where bullying and condescension at work was cited as a contributing factor in her death, I am absolutely determined that this must be a turning point for the Trust,” reads Gill's letter dated December 14.
“I have been inundated by messages from UHB staff, past and present, who have contacted me to share their experience of what has been repeatedly described as a toxic culture that has had an alarming impact on staff and patient care. Staff have been bullied and demeaned for raising concerns about policies and practices that they believe have compromised patient care, and in some cases even led to deaths,” it notes.
The senior Opposition Labour Party MP and shadow secretary of state for international development said many of the staff who have been in contact with her have described a “put up or shut up” culture at the NHS hospitals trust.
An investigation by BBC's ‘Newsnight' programme earlier this month found that doctors at the Trust were “punished” for raising safety concerns.
The Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) has since announced a three-part review into the culture at UHB, with the first report expected next month.
However, Gill is calling for matters to go further with an independent inquiry in order to give confidence to whistleblowers who would want to feel safe to come forward with their evidence.
The UHB is one of the UK's big NHS trusts, which manages a number of hospitals in the area.
“We welcome the support that is being put in place and we look forward to working positively and constructively with our NHS colleagues,” a UHB statement said.
“This will build upon the work already under way across UHB to understand the issues that have been highlighted. It is very clear that there is a strength of feeling in a number of areas and we are committed to addressing these. Our focus now is to continue to provide high standards of care, while supporting all colleagues, as we head into a particularly challenging winter period,” it added.
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Britain's first female Sikh MP has written to the UK government calling for an independent inquiry into a state-funded National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust in Birmingham following the suicide of an Indian-origin junior doctor and several reports of bullying she has received from staff.
Preet Kaur Gill, who is the member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston where the hospital trust is based, on Wednesday published her letter to UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Twitter, which calls for an inquiry into the culture at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB).
She referenced the suicide of 35-year-old Dr Vaishnavi Kumar who worked at Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital and whose inquest last month heard how she felt “belittled” at work and would come home and cry.
“In the wake of the inquest following the heart-breaking suicide of Dr Vaishnavi Kumar, where bullying and condescension at work was cited as a contributing factor in her death, I am absolutely determined that this must be a turning point for the Trust,” reads Gill's letter dated December 14.
“I have been inundated by messages from UHB staff, past and present, who have contacted me to share their experience of what has been repeatedly described as a toxic culture that has had an alarming impact on staff and patient care. Staff have been bullied and demeaned for raising concerns about policies and practices that they believe have compromised patient care, and in some cases even led to deaths,” it notes.
The senior Opposition Labour Party MP and shadow secretary of state for international development said many of the staff who have been in contact with her have described a “put up or shut up” culture at the NHS hospitals trust.
An investigation by BBC's ‘Newsnight' programme earlier this month found that doctors at the Trust were “punished” for raising safety concerns.
The Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) has since announced a three-part review into the culture at UHB, with the first report expected next month.
However, Gill is calling for matters to go further with an independent inquiry in order to give confidence to whistleblowers who would want to feel safe to come forward with their evidence.
The UHB is one of the UK's big NHS trusts, which manages a number of hospitals in the area.
“We welcome the support that is being put in place and we look forward to working positively and constructively with our NHS colleagues,” a UHB statement said.
“This will build upon the work already under way across UHB to understand the issues that have been highlighted. It is very clear that there is a strength of feeling in a number of areas and we are committed to addressing these. Our focus now is to continue to provide high standards of care, while supporting all colleagues, as we head into a particularly challenging winter period,” it added.
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The number of people being reported as potential victims of human trafficking in Scotland has risen to a record high, police have said.
In one high profile case last month a gang of four traffickers were convicted of luring victims from China and Thailand, seizing their passports and forcing them to work in brothels.
One of the traffickers was 52-year-old Jagpal Singh, a man who people in the Broomhill area of Glasgow knew well as the owner of the local dry cleaners.
In 2017, Singh had even appeared on the short-lived BBC reality show Common Sense.
He was one of a cast of British people chosen for their humorous takes on current affairs - usually as they worked at their normal jobs.
Singh would be seen in his dry cleaners shop offering his own spin on the news of the day, from Donald Trump's border wall to Patrick Stewart's appearance in The Emoji Movie.
But he also offered his views of relationships. "Men like sex", he said.
"I'm not saying women don't like sex. I think men like sex better. Women are always tired."
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In one high profile case last month a gang of four traffickers were convicted of luring victims from China and Thailand, seizing their passports and forcing them to work in brothels.
One of the traffickers was 52-year-old Jagpal Singh, a man who people in the Broomhill area of Glasgow knew well as the owner of the local dry cleaners.
In 2017, Singh had even appeared on the short-lived BBC reality show Common Sense.
He was one of a cast of British people chosen for their humorous takes on current affairs - usually as they worked at their normal jobs.
Singh would be seen in his dry cleaners shop offering his own spin on the news of the day, from Donald Trump's border wall to Patrick Stewart's appearance in The Emoji Movie.
But he also offered his views of relationships. "Men like sex", he said.
"I'm not saying women don't like sex. I think men like sex better. Women are always tired."
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Headteacher banned for life after running illegal South London school but insists kids were happy there
A headteacher who ran an illegal school in South London has been banned from teaching despite insisting the children were happy at her school. Nadia Ali, 41, was convicted of running an unregistered school which failed to carry out proper background checks on teachers and failed to promote fundamental British values.
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A headteacher who ran an illegal school in South London has been banned from teaching despite insisting the children were happy at her school. Nadia Ali, 41, was convicted of running an unregistered school which failed to carry out proper background checks on teachers and failed to promote fundamental British values.
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Indian-Origin Pharmacist In UK Jailed For Supplying Illegal Drugs
An Indian-origin pharmacist who supplied a drug addict with illegal under-the-counter drugs has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by a UK court.
Dushyant Patel, 67, a London pharmacist with more than 40 years experience, had supplied Class C drugs, or drugs that are illegal under UK law to possess, supply or prescribe, to a drug user for months in 2020, according to a court report by 'Norwich Evening News'.
Local police identified Patel as a suspect four months after the death in Norwich, eastern England, of Alisha Siddiqi, whose body was found at a property in the city in August 2020.
According to the local media report, an initial post-mortem examination on Alisha Siddiqi was inconclusive, but toxicology results were to show she died from an overdose of prescription medication.
Her phone was analysed and showed frequent communication with Patel between January and August 2020.
Patel was jailed at Norwich Crown Court earlier this month after a trial when he was found guilty of two counts of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug of Class C to another between March and August 2020.
Sentencing him to 18 months in custody, Judge Alice Robinson said it had been a "very serious breach of trust" by the pharmacist.
There was also communication regarding transactions relating to the sale of prescription drugs including Class C drugs, without a prescription, namely Zolpidem and Zopiclone.
The court was told that Patel had not been charged with any offences in relation to her death, only with the supply of illegal drugs.
He and his wife ran a pharmacy in east London, which the trial heard was the "backdrop" to the offences as he supplied drugs "under the counter" to Siddiqi over the course of a few months.
The prosecution said he was receiving money in exchange.
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An Indian-origin pharmacist who supplied a drug addict with illegal under-the-counter drugs has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by a UK court.
Dushyant Patel, 67, a London pharmacist with more than 40 years experience, had supplied Class C drugs, or drugs that are illegal under UK law to possess, supply or prescribe, to a drug user for months in 2020, according to a court report by 'Norwich Evening News'.
Local police identified Patel as a suspect four months after the death in Norwich, eastern England, of Alisha Siddiqi, whose body was found at a property in the city in August 2020.
According to the local media report, an initial post-mortem examination on Alisha Siddiqi was inconclusive, but toxicology results were to show she died from an overdose of prescription medication.
Her phone was analysed and showed frequent communication with Patel between January and August 2020.
Patel was jailed at Norwich Crown Court earlier this month after a trial when he was found guilty of two counts of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug of Class C to another between March and August 2020.
Sentencing him to 18 months in custody, Judge Alice Robinson said it had been a "very serious breach of trust" by the pharmacist.
There was also communication regarding transactions relating to the sale of prescription drugs including Class C drugs, without a prescription, namely Zolpidem and Zopiclone.
The court was told that Patel had not been charged with any offences in relation to her death, only with the supply of illegal drugs.
He and his wife ran a pharmacy in east London, which the trial heard was the "backdrop" to the offences as he supplied drugs "under the counter" to Siddiqi over the course of a few months.
The prosecution said he was receiving money in exchange.
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A former pub landlord who used Government Covid loans to help send £25k to Islamic State terrorists shouted "May Allah destroy you" as he was jailed for 12 years.
Tarek Namouz, 43, sent the money to a school friend fighting in Syria after being paid the loans by his local council.
The Covid "bounceback" loans were launched by then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help small British businesses stay afloat during the pandemic. Namouz, who is a convicted rapist and ran a barber shop in west London, which he lived above, sent the money to his contact Yahya Ahmed Alia between November 2020 and May 2021.
He denied this but was convicted, after a trial last month of eight counts of providing money for terrorism and two counts of possessing information useful for terrorism.
After his sentencing at Kingston Crown Court today, Namouz thanked the judge and then announced to the court: "May Allah destroy you, may Allah destroy you. We will meet on judgment day. You are a Catholic and you will end up in hell."
The court heard Namouz, who was born in Syria and came to the UK aged 14, was on licence from a ten-year sentence for raping a woman in 2014 when he was the landlord of a pub in Finsbury Park. He was released in September 2019 and opened Boss Crew Barbers in Olympia.
The court heard Namouz claimed Covid loans from Hammersmith and Fulham Council in 2021, which he sent along with other cash.
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Tarek Namouz, 43, sent the money to a school friend fighting in Syria after being paid the loans by his local council.
The Covid "bounceback" loans were launched by then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help small British businesses stay afloat during the pandemic. Namouz, who is a convicted rapist and ran a barber shop in west London, which he lived above, sent the money to his contact Yahya Ahmed Alia between November 2020 and May 2021.
He denied this but was convicted, after a trial last month of eight counts of providing money for terrorism and two counts of possessing information useful for terrorism.
After his sentencing at Kingston Crown Court today, Namouz thanked the judge and then announced to the court: "May Allah destroy you, may Allah destroy you. We will meet on judgment day. You are a Catholic and you will end up in hell."
The court heard Namouz, who was born in Syria and came to the UK aged 14, was on licence from a ten-year sentence for raping a woman in 2014 when he was the landlord of a pub in Finsbury Park. He was released in September 2019 and opened Boss Crew Barbers in Olympia.
The court heard Namouz claimed Covid loans from Hammersmith and Fulham Council in 2021, which he sent along with other cash.
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Ex-GP who committed 115 sex offences against teenage girls and women handed two more life sentences
A “sick and twisted” former doctor who committed 115 sexual offences against teenage girls and women has been handed two more life sentences and told by a judge that he remains a “danger to women”.
Manish Shah, 53, described as the “master of deception”, abused his position of trust to carry out the offences on 28 women and girls as young as 15.
At his trial, the court heard how the ex-GP, of Romford, east London, flattered and groomed victims over four years from 2009. He persuaded them to undergo unnecessary intimate examinations for his sexual gratification, the court heard.
Jurors heard how he used the cases of celebrities Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to convince his victims they needed to have procedures.
In 2018, Ms Jolie, the Hollywood actress, had a double mastectomy after learning that she had an elevated risk of developing break cancer.
Ms Goody, a TV personality who first rose to fame after appearing on the reality show Big Brother, died in 2009 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Sentencing at the Old Bailey on Monday, Judge Rook said Shah remained a "danger to women" as he highlighted the "scale and nature" of his crimes.
At the time of the offences, Shah had been a well-regarded GP partner at Mawney Road medical practice in Romford, east London, but has since been suspended and later struck off.
In February 2020, Shah was handed three life sentences with a minimum term of 15 years in prison for 90 offences against 24 women after two separate trials.
A third trial ended last month with 25 more convictions for sexual offences against four more women and girls.
On Monday, he was handed two life sentences with a minimum term of 10 years to run concurrently with the earlier sentences.
The life sentences related to offences against the two youngest victims, aged 15 and 17 when Shah began to abuse them and were given to reflect the gravity and "public abhorrence" that followed once they came to light, the judge said.
Judge Rook told Shah: "You selected young and vulnerable women, gained their trust and preyed on their fears."
He said the consequence of Shah’s behaviour had been to divert resources away from the NHS, damage the reputation of the surgery where he had worked and caused "long-term psychological damage" to his victims.
He added: "There can be no doubt your actions have undermined trust in general practitioners."
Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC said: "All 25 offences were part of a campaign of offending involving now 115 sexual offences against 28 victims.
"It was carefully planned. There was a mixture of flattery and fear in women. He selected vulnerable women. He gained their trust by saying he cared about them, he claimed he had special skills."
The first victim, who was in her early 20s, described the devastating effect on her after police knocked on her door eight years ago.
In a victim impact statement, she said: "This triggered something in my life. I stopped being the social outgoing person overnight. I started getting panic attacks."
Shah told the second victim, who was aged just 15, that she was a "star" and his "favourite" and "would do well in modelling" while warning her she might get cancer as part of his grooming campaign.
In her statement read to the court, she said: "For me personally the journey bringing Mr Shah to justice has been extremely difficult and life-changing. I was only 15.
"Your actions, Mr Shah, have haunted me for 12 years, affecting very important years of my growth from youth to womanhood."
Before the abuse, she was a "confident young girl" who was "naive but innocent" and now felt "violated and insecure", she said.
In 2018, she was forced to move away from the Romford area for her own protection as a witness after being "verbally abused", "downgraded" and intimidated by people who could not believe what happened.
She called on Shah to acknowledge the "mind-blowing" damage he caused by his "sick and twisted" behaviour.
The third victim, who was abused aged 34, said Shah’s failure to admit what he had done had made things worse.
She said: "He just put me through more and more trauma. He preyed on the vulnerable.
"I want to move on with my life, have a good life, not the life I currently live."
The fourth victim was aged 17 and 18 when Shah sexually assaulted her almost every time she attended appointments.
His abuse had led to the destruction of her relationship with her partner and left her no longer able to trust any man, she said.
Earlier in mitigation, Amanda Hamilton said: "He has gone from a position many would envy to a position lower than most of us can imagine. He can see no end to his sentence. He does not know what is going to happen when he comes before the parole board."
In his sentencing remarks, Judge Rook noted Shah was married and still had the support of his family, there was no evidence of offending while on bail and had been a "model prisoner" since being jailed.
Paul Goddard, senior crown prosecutor with the CPS, said Shah’s actions were a gross and devastating breach of his profession and of the trust placed in him.
"The defendant told these women and girls lies about his experience and also about the state of their health, lies designed to convince them that repeated intimate examinations were necessary, and to conceal his true motives in carrying them out.”
The judge imposed further determinate jail terms for the remaining counts which will also run concurrent to the life sentences.
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A “sick and twisted” former doctor who committed 115 sexual offences against teenage girls and women has been handed two more life sentences and told by a judge that he remains a “danger to women”.
Manish Shah, 53, described as the “master of deception”, abused his position of trust to carry out the offences on 28 women and girls as young as 15.
At his trial, the court heard how the ex-GP, of Romford, east London, flattered and groomed victims over four years from 2009. He persuaded them to undergo unnecessary intimate examinations for his sexual gratification, the court heard.
Jurors heard how he used the cases of celebrities Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to convince his victims they needed to have procedures.
In 2018, Ms Jolie, the Hollywood actress, had a double mastectomy after learning that she had an elevated risk of developing break cancer.
Ms Goody, a TV personality who first rose to fame after appearing on the reality show Big Brother, died in 2009 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Sentencing at the Old Bailey on Monday, Judge Rook said Shah remained a "danger to women" as he highlighted the "scale and nature" of his crimes.
At the time of the offences, Shah had been a well-regarded GP partner at Mawney Road medical practice in Romford, east London, but has since been suspended and later struck off.
In February 2020, Shah was handed three life sentences with a minimum term of 15 years in prison for 90 offences against 24 women after two separate trials.
A third trial ended last month with 25 more convictions for sexual offences against four more women and girls.
On Monday, he was handed two life sentences with a minimum term of 10 years to run concurrently with the earlier sentences.
The life sentences related to offences against the two youngest victims, aged 15 and 17 when Shah began to abuse them and were given to reflect the gravity and "public abhorrence" that followed once they came to light, the judge said.
Judge Rook told Shah: "You selected young and vulnerable women, gained their trust and preyed on their fears."
He said the consequence of Shah’s behaviour had been to divert resources away from the NHS, damage the reputation of the surgery where he had worked and caused "long-term psychological damage" to his victims.
He added: "There can be no doubt your actions have undermined trust in general practitioners."
Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC said: "All 25 offences were part of a campaign of offending involving now 115 sexual offences against 28 victims.
"It was carefully planned. There was a mixture of flattery and fear in women. He selected vulnerable women. He gained their trust by saying he cared about them, he claimed he had special skills."
The first victim, who was in her early 20s, described the devastating effect on her after police knocked on her door eight years ago.
In a victim impact statement, she said: "This triggered something in my life. I stopped being the social outgoing person overnight. I started getting panic attacks."
Shah told the second victim, who was aged just 15, that she was a "star" and his "favourite" and "would do well in modelling" while warning her she might get cancer as part of his grooming campaign.
In her statement read to the court, she said: "For me personally the journey bringing Mr Shah to justice has been extremely difficult and life-changing. I was only 15.
"Your actions, Mr Shah, have haunted me for 12 years, affecting very important years of my growth from youth to womanhood."
Before the abuse, she was a "confident young girl" who was "naive but innocent" and now felt "violated and insecure", she said.
In 2018, she was forced to move away from the Romford area for her own protection as a witness after being "verbally abused", "downgraded" and intimidated by people who could not believe what happened.
She called on Shah to acknowledge the "mind-blowing" damage he caused by his "sick and twisted" behaviour.
The third victim, who was abused aged 34, said Shah’s failure to admit what he had done had made things worse.
She said: "He just put me through more and more trauma. He preyed on the vulnerable.
"I want to move on with my life, have a good life, not the life I currently live."
The fourth victim was aged 17 and 18 when Shah sexually assaulted her almost every time she attended appointments.
His abuse had led to the destruction of her relationship with her partner and left her no longer able to trust any man, she said.
Earlier in mitigation, Amanda Hamilton said: "He has gone from a position many would envy to a position lower than most of us can imagine. He can see no end to his sentence. He does not know what is going to happen when he comes before the parole board."
In his sentencing remarks, Judge Rook noted Shah was married and still had the support of his family, there was no evidence of offending while on bail and had been a "model prisoner" since being jailed.
Paul Goddard, senior crown prosecutor with the CPS, said Shah’s actions were a gross and devastating breach of his profession and of the trust placed in him.
"The defendant told these women and girls lies about his experience and also about the state of their health, lies designed to convince them that repeated intimate examinations were necessary, and to conceal his true motives in carrying them out.”
The judge imposed further determinate jail terms for the remaining counts which will also run concurrent to the life sentences.
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UK Man Jailed For Killing Sikh Woman In Rash Driving Incident: Report
A 23-year-old man has been jailed for six years in the UK for killing a Sikh woman in a crash caused by overspeeding on his part in a bid to impress his cousins, according to the media reports.
Hashim Aziz was jailed for six years by Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday for killing 32-year-old Baljinder Kaur Moore in November last year, the BBC reported.
He was also banned from driving for seven years.
Aziz, of Highgate Drive, Walsall, initially tried to blame Moore for the incident during a police interview but later admitted to causing death by reckless driving.
Moore, a mother to a five-month-old boy, was driving a short distance to pick up her husband from his brother's home.
The convict, driving Audi A3 over three times the speed limit to impress his cousins, struck her when she was attempting to turn right at a junction.
Moore, disentangled by firefighters from the wreckage, died at the spot.
Forensic investigators estimated Aziz's speed at the time of the impact was 62mph (99.7km/h), the BBC reported.
If he had stuck to the speed limit Moore would have had time to complete the turn safely, police was quoted as saying.
Aziz pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in November.
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A 23-year-old man has been jailed for six years in the UK for killing a Sikh woman in a crash caused by overspeeding on his part in a bid to impress his cousins, according to the media reports.
Hashim Aziz was jailed for six years by Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday for killing 32-year-old Baljinder Kaur Moore in November last year, the BBC reported.
He was also banned from driving for seven years.
Aziz, of Highgate Drive, Walsall, initially tried to blame Moore for the incident during a police interview but later admitted to causing death by reckless driving.
Moore, a mother to a five-month-old boy, was driving a short distance to pick up her husband from his brother's home.
The convict, driving Audi A3 over three times the speed limit to impress his cousins, struck her when she was attempting to turn right at a junction.
Moore, disentangled by firefighters from the wreckage, died at the spot.
Forensic investigators estimated Aziz's speed at the time of the impact was 62mph (99.7km/h), the BBC reported.
If he had stuck to the speed limit Moore would have had time to complete the turn safely, police was quoted as saying.
Aziz pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in November.
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Tahir Zarif, 31, from Derby, and three other men stormed a fast food distribution warehouse in Birmingham owned by Akhtar Javeed, 56, in 2016.
The raid ‘went horrifically wrong’ when Mr Javeed tried to escape, a cout was told, prompting Zarif to gun him down in cold blood.
The gang had bound staff with cable ties in the office area and threatened them while Zarif dragged Mr Javeed toward a safe where the company’s takings were kept.
Zarif fired two shots in the air and one into the businessman’s leg as a brutal warning to open the safe.
Mr Javeed then managed to get his hands free and staggered toward the exit but was shot again in the throat and chest.
Despite the wounds he stumbled out of the premises, crossing a car park before collapsing in the street.
Zarif fled the UK five days after the murder but was tracked down by detectives and detained in Mirpur in 2018 before being extradited from Pakistan in 2020.
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The raid ‘went horrifically wrong’ when Mr Javeed tried to escape, a cout was told, prompting Zarif to gun him down in cold blood.
The gang had bound staff with cable ties in the office area and threatened them while Zarif dragged Mr Javeed toward a safe where the company’s takings were kept.
Zarif fired two shots in the air and one into the businessman’s leg as a brutal warning to open the safe.
Mr Javeed then managed to get his hands free and staggered toward the exit but was shot again in the throat and chest.
Despite the wounds he stumbled out of the premises, crossing a car park before collapsing in the street.
Zarif fled the UK five days after the murder but was tracked down by detectives and detained in Mirpur in 2018 before being extradited from Pakistan in 2020.
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town councillor who tried to steal more than £430,000 through the Government's Eat Out to Help out scheme has been jailed for two and a half years.
Mohammed Ikram, 36, admitted pocketing cash from the Covid-19 support programme following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Ikram made 19 fraudulent claims totalling £434,073 under then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak's initiative over four weeks in August and September 2020.
He used his businesses - Khan's Café and Chai Point - in Keighley, West Yorkshire, and set up seven fake food outlets using hijacked company details to submit fraudulent claims.
The case is the first conviction for Covid scheme fraud by HM Revenue and Custom (HMRC).
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Mohammed Ikram, 36, admitted pocketing cash from the Covid-19 support programme following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Ikram made 19 fraudulent claims totalling £434,073 under then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak's initiative over four weeks in August and September 2020.
He used his businesses - Khan's Café and Chai Point - in Keighley, West Yorkshire, and set up seven fake food outlets using hijacked company details to submit fraudulent claims.
The case is the first conviction for Covid scheme fraud by HM Revenue and Custom (HMRC).
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A 52-year-old man has admitted killing his wife and their two young children.
Saju Chelavalel pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court to the murders of NHS nurse Anju Ashok, 35, six-year-old Jeeva Saju and Janvi Saju, who was aged four.
All three died after being found with serious injuries at a flat in Petherton Court, Kettering, Northamptonshire, on 15 December last year.
Assisted by an interpreter in the dock, Chelavalel answered "guilty" to two of the counts he faced.
In relation to the charge of murdering Jeeva, he replied: "I don't know what happened to the children, but I plead guilty."
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Saju Chelavalel pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court to the murders of NHS nurse Anju Ashok, 35, six-year-old Jeeva Saju and Janvi Saju, who was aged four.
All three died after being found with serious injuries at a flat in Petherton Court, Kettering, Northamptonshire, on 15 December last year.
Assisted by an interpreter in the dock, Chelavalel answered "guilty" to two of the counts he faced.
In relation to the charge of murdering Jeeva, he replied: "I don't know what happened to the children, but I plead guilty."
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Chilling CCTV footage captured the moment an abusive husband led his young lawyer wife to her death, pushing her off Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh because she wanted to leave him after months of domestic abuse.
Fawziyah Javed, 31, who was 17 weeks pregnant, was shoved from the Scottish landmark by controlling Kashif Anwar, 29, and fell 50ft to her death in an act that also killed her unborn child on September 2, 2021.
She used her dying words to reveal it was Anwar who left her fatally injured. As she passed away she said: 'Don't let my husband near me, he pushed me,' telling a witness he did it after she 'told him I wanted to end it'.
Anwar was today found guilty by a jury at Edinburgh's High Court of murdering Ms Javed and jailed for 20 years.
Witnesses at the scene told how Ms Javed asked 'if she was going to die' and if her baby 'was going to die'.
Anwar was so 'violent' towards her that his mother-in-law set up a text code to alert police. Mrs Javed told her daughter to text her the secret code, 'I like cream cakes' if she needed help - because her husband monitored her calls and texts.
Her mother said Anwar stole £12,000 from her daughter's bank account while she was sleeping, and said just weeks after the wedding, Fawziyah wanted out of the marriage.
Before the trip, Fawziyah told police Anwar had knocked her unconscious in a graveyard, and place a pillow over her head and punched it repeatedly.
Ms Javed had contacted police to report the abuse she suffered at his hand, and prosecutors were able to use her own testimony to expose her husband's lies.
The killer, from Leeds in West Yorkshire, denied the charge but after a week-long trial a jury found him responsible. He was jailed for 20 years this afternoon.
David Green, Scotland's procurator fiscal for homicide and major crime, said her bravery in reporting the crime helped convict her husband of her murder.
'This young woman was being degraded and controlled by her husband, but she found the strength to place on record what was going on,' he said.
'Her own words, which were recorded by West Yorkshire Police, helped us prosecutors show that the tragedy on Arthur's Seat was the terrible culmination of a campaign of abuse.'
As Anwar was handcuffed and taken to the cells, a family member of Ms Javed shouted 'die you b***ard' at him.
She said her daughter first met Anwar at an opticians in Leeds city centre, near their home in Pudsey, where he worked as an optical assistant. She said when Anwar saw Ms Javed alone one day, he told her she was the type of woman he wanted to marry.
The couple had an Islamic wedding on December 25 2020, but the court heard that concerns were raised within months.
Anwar had walked 'arm-in-arm' with his pregnant wife to Arthur's Seat after a meal at Wagamama before he pushed her off the Edinburgh landmark.
Judge Lord Beckett imposed a mandatory life sentence on Anwar with an imprisonment period of a minimum of 20 years.
Fawziyah Javed's family said they face a 'lifetime of grief and pain'
Ms Javed's family said their 'pain and grief is immeasurable and on an unimaginable scale' and that 'to say we are going through the most tortuous and devastating time doesn't even touch the surface'.
'This is a lifetime of grief and pain. Our life sentence began the day that our daughter was brutally murdered. Whilst we welcome the verdict, this outcome does not feel like justice when compared to what we have lost,' the family said in a statement outside the High Court in Edinburgh.
'There will never be closure of justice for us. We have had our lives ripped apart and Fawziyah is no longer with us. The effects of this tragedy, what we have gone through and are going through, will be with us till our last breath.'
In the statement, read out by Natasha Rattu from charity Karma Nirvana, the family said the University of Sheffield graduate was 'the centre of our world, our heartbeat and our everything' and added: 'We lived and breathed for Fawziyah. Fawziyah was the glue that held the family together.'
The statement said: 'Fawziyah has left the biggest void in our lives. The spark has gone out of our lives forever. There is no more joy and the zest of life has gone.
'We have been left in the depths of darkness forever to suffer this lifelong loss.
'We miss and think about you every single second of the day. We are not living anymore, just existing and taking each minute, hour, day at a time.'
He told Anwar: 'You have been found guilty of murdering Fawziyah Javed who was a very special person.
'She was your pregnant wife and you also caused the death of your unborn child.'
He told the killer that his victim was willing to trust that he would keep her safe when they went up Arthur's Seat, but that he pushed her off when nobody else was around.
The judge said Ms Javed's mother, Yasmin Javed, had described her as a 'beautiful soul inside and out' who was a popular woman.
As Anwar was handcuffed and taken to the cells, a family member of Ms Javed shouted 'die you b*****d' at him.
Jurors were visibly upset after the result, some crying, and the judge thanked them for the 'admirable way' they performed their duties.
In a statement, Ms Javed's mother said: 'There are just no words to describe the depth of pain and grief. There's no words in the English dictionary that go deep enough.'
Ms Javed used her dying words to reveal it was her abusive husband who caused her to fall around 50ft down the hillside.
Daniyah Rafique, 24, managed to reach to the employment lawyer on the side of the landmark in the Scottish capital, where she was told: 'Don't let my husband near me, he pushed me.'
The court heard PC Rhiannon Clutton, 35, was told by Ms Javed her husband pushed her because she 'told him I wanted to end [the marriage]'.
Her final moments were revealed by witnesses who found her 'writhing' in pain after she was pushed.
Giving evidence at the High Court in Edinburgh, witness Ms Rafique said she found Ms Javed on Arthur's Seat on the evening of September 2 2021.
She said she was first approached by Anwar, who she described as looking 'panicked'.
She said Anwar told her that his wife had fallen and he could not see her, so Ms Rafique made her way back down Arthur's Seat with Anwar to try to find his wife.
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Fawziyah Javed, 31, who was 17 weeks pregnant, was shoved from the Scottish landmark by controlling Kashif Anwar, 29, and fell 50ft to her death in an act that also killed her unborn child on September 2, 2021.
She used her dying words to reveal it was Anwar who left her fatally injured. As she passed away she said: 'Don't let my husband near me, he pushed me,' telling a witness he did it after she 'told him I wanted to end it'.
Anwar was today found guilty by a jury at Edinburgh's High Court of murdering Ms Javed and jailed for 20 years.
Witnesses at the scene told how Ms Javed asked 'if she was going to die' and if her baby 'was going to die'.
Anwar was so 'violent' towards her that his mother-in-law set up a text code to alert police. Mrs Javed told her daughter to text her the secret code, 'I like cream cakes' if she needed help - because her husband monitored her calls and texts.
Her mother said Anwar stole £12,000 from her daughter's bank account while she was sleeping, and said just weeks after the wedding, Fawziyah wanted out of the marriage.
Before the trip, Fawziyah told police Anwar had knocked her unconscious in a graveyard, and place a pillow over her head and punched it repeatedly.
Ms Javed had contacted police to report the abuse she suffered at his hand, and prosecutors were able to use her own testimony to expose her husband's lies.
The killer, from Leeds in West Yorkshire, denied the charge but after a week-long trial a jury found him responsible. He was jailed for 20 years this afternoon.
David Green, Scotland's procurator fiscal for homicide and major crime, said her bravery in reporting the crime helped convict her husband of her murder.
'This young woman was being degraded and controlled by her husband, but she found the strength to place on record what was going on,' he said.
'Her own words, which were recorded by West Yorkshire Police, helped us prosecutors show that the tragedy on Arthur's Seat was the terrible culmination of a campaign of abuse.'
As Anwar was handcuffed and taken to the cells, a family member of Ms Javed shouted 'die you b***ard' at him.
She said her daughter first met Anwar at an opticians in Leeds city centre, near their home in Pudsey, where he worked as an optical assistant. She said when Anwar saw Ms Javed alone one day, he told her she was the type of woman he wanted to marry.
The couple had an Islamic wedding on December 25 2020, but the court heard that concerns were raised within months.
Anwar had walked 'arm-in-arm' with his pregnant wife to Arthur's Seat after a meal at Wagamama before he pushed her off the Edinburgh landmark.
Judge Lord Beckett imposed a mandatory life sentence on Anwar with an imprisonment period of a minimum of 20 years.
Fawziyah Javed's family said they face a 'lifetime of grief and pain'
Ms Javed's family said their 'pain and grief is immeasurable and on an unimaginable scale' and that 'to say we are going through the most tortuous and devastating time doesn't even touch the surface'.
'This is a lifetime of grief and pain. Our life sentence began the day that our daughter was brutally murdered. Whilst we welcome the verdict, this outcome does not feel like justice when compared to what we have lost,' the family said in a statement outside the High Court in Edinburgh.
'There will never be closure of justice for us. We have had our lives ripped apart and Fawziyah is no longer with us. The effects of this tragedy, what we have gone through and are going through, will be with us till our last breath.'
In the statement, read out by Natasha Rattu from charity Karma Nirvana, the family said the University of Sheffield graduate was 'the centre of our world, our heartbeat and our everything' and added: 'We lived and breathed for Fawziyah. Fawziyah was the glue that held the family together.'
The statement said: 'Fawziyah has left the biggest void in our lives. The spark has gone out of our lives forever. There is no more joy and the zest of life has gone.
'We have been left in the depths of darkness forever to suffer this lifelong loss.
'We miss and think about you every single second of the day. We are not living anymore, just existing and taking each minute, hour, day at a time.'
He told Anwar: 'You have been found guilty of murdering Fawziyah Javed who was a very special person.
'She was your pregnant wife and you also caused the death of your unborn child.'
He told the killer that his victim was willing to trust that he would keep her safe when they went up Arthur's Seat, but that he pushed her off when nobody else was around.
The judge said Ms Javed's mother, Yasmin Javed, had described her as a 'beautiful soul inside and out' who was a popular woman.
As Anwar was handcuffed and taken to the cells, a family member of Ms Javed shouted 'die you b*****d' at him.
Jurors were visibly upset after the result, some crying, and the judge thanked them for the 'admirable way' they performed their duties.
In a statement, Ms Javed's mother said: 'There are just no words to describe the depth of pain and grief. There's no words in the English dictionary that go deep enough.'
Ms Javed used her dying words to reveal it was her abusive husband who caused her to fall around 50ft down the hillside.
Daniyah Rafique, 24, managed to reach to the employment lawyer on the side of the landmark in the Scottish capital, where she was told: 'Don't let my husband near me, he pushed me.'
The court heard PC Rhiannon Clutton, 35, was told by Ms Javed her husband pushed her because she 'told him I wanted to end [the marriage]'.
Her final moments were revealed by witnesses who found her 'writhing' in pain after she was pushed.
Giving evidence at the High Court in Edinburgh, witness Ms Rafique said she found Ms Javed on Arthur's Seat on the evening of September 2 2021.
She said she was first approached by Anwar, who she described as looking 'panicked'.
She said Anwar told her that his wife had fallen and he could not see her, so Ms Rafique made her way back down Arthur's Seat with Anwar to try to find his wife.
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A 74-year-old man has been extradited from Pakistan to be charged with the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot dead in Bradford in 2005.
Piran Ditta Khan was brought back to the UK on Tuesday and taken into custody at a West Yorkshire police station, where he was charged with killing the 38-year-old officer. He is also charged with robbery, two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon.
Khan was arrested in Pakistan in January 2020. He will appear at Westminster magistrates court in London on Thursday.
A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman said the charges were authorised in 2006, leading to the issuing of the extradition warrant.
Joanne Jakymec, chief crown prosecutor for the CPS, said: “A suspect wanted in connection with the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford in 2005 has been extradited to the UK from Pakistan thanks to the continued hard work of prosecutors in the CPS’s extradition and international units.
“Since Piran Ditta Khan was arrested in Pakistan in 2020, our specialist prosecutors have been working closely with our Pakistani partners to complete the legal process in the country so that he could be extradited back to England to face the allegations from almost 20 years ago.”
Beshenivsky, who had three children and two stepchildren, was gunned down as she responded with colleague PC Teresa Millburn to a robbery at a travel agent in Morley Street on November 18 2005.
PC Millburn was left seriously injured by the incident.
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The mastermind of a fake designer clothing scam has been convicted of one of the UK’s largest ever carousel tax frauds. Sock manufacturer Arif Patel, 55, of Preston, and his criminal gang tried to steal £97m through VAT repayment claims on false exports of textiles and mobile phones.
They also imported and sold counterfeit clothes that would have been worth at least £50 million, had they been genuine. The proceeds were used to buy property across Preston and London through offshore bank accounts. Following a joint investigation between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Lancashire Police, Arif Patel was found guilty on Tuesday, April 11, of false accounting, conspiracy to cheat the public revenue, the onward sale of counterfeit clothing and money laundering.
Co-accused Mohamed Jaffar Ali, 58, of Dubai, was also found guilty of conspiracy to cheat the Revenue and money laundering yesterday. The convictions follow a 14-week trial at Chester Crown Court. Patel was convicted in his absence after travelling to Dubai in 2011 and failing to return.
Reporting restrictions have now been lifted and it can be revealed for the first time that 24 members of the criminal empire were convicted in five trials between 2011 and 2014 and jailed for a total of more than 116 years. HMRC has also restrained more than £78 million of the gang’s UK assets and proceedings are now underway to recover these funds for the public purse.
‘One of the UK biggest ever fraud cases’
Richard Las, Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said: “These guilty verdicts close a significant chapter in one of the biggest tax fraud cases ever investigated by HMRC. For more than a decade HMRC and our partners have worked tirelessly and together to bring this gang to justice. Arif Patel lived a lavish lifestyle at the expense of the law-abiding majority.
"Tax crime is not victimless and fraudsters like this pair steal the money that funds the NHS and other vital public services we all rely on. Our work doesn’t stop here. We have more than £78 million of the gang’s UK assets restrained and have begun the process to recover all those proceeds of crime.”
Sam Mackenzie, Assistant Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary, added: “While presenting himself as a genuine and reputable businessman Arif Patel in fact used stolen taxpayers’ cash to line his own pockets and fund a lavish lifestyle. This is money that should have been used to fund the vital public services which we all rely on and to which most of us contribute our fair share by working hard and paying tax.
“I welcome these guilty verdicts which are the culmination of a lengthy and complex investigation which has involved many years of hard work and dedication by police officers and staff and partners from HMRC who have worked together in a truly joint operation.”
Andrew Fox, Senior Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, said: “The convictions of Arif Patel and Mohamed Jaffar Ali successfully conclude this part of an immense investigative and prosecution case against an organised criminal group, involved in counterfeit clothing, fraudulent VAT claims and money-laundering."The cost to the public purse was tens of millions, money that could have been used for essential public services in the NHS, social care and education. Patel was convicted in his absence, having remained in Dubai throughout the trial. The CPS will now pursue confiscation proceedings against the defendants, to prevent them enjoying the benefits of their criminal enterprise.”
Arif Patel’s ‘trusted lieutenants’
Arif Patel’s criminal enterprise relied on dozens of lieutenants around the UK, including professional enablers. This involved two chartered accountants from a Preston-based practice: Anil Hindocha, 69, from Preston, and Yogesh Patel, 66, from Aylesbury. Anil Hindocha was jailed for 12 years and 10 months in 2014 after being found guilty of false accounting, conspiracy to cheat the public Revenue and money laundering.
Yogesh Patel was jailed for five years and seven months after being found guilty of conspiracy to cheat the public Revenue and money laundering. Arif Patel travelled to Dubai in July 2011 and failed to return. He was tried in his absence at Chester Crown Court where he was found guilty of all charges yesterday, 11 April 2023. He will be sentenced next month.
Mohamed Jaffar Ali was yesterday (11 April 2023) found guilty of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue and money laundering. After attending the majority of the trial, he failed to attend court on 27 March 2023 and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He will also be sentenced next month. Arif Patel’s brothers Munaf Umarji Patel and Faisal Patel are on Lancashire Police’s wanted list
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They also imported and sold counterfeit clothes that would have been worth at least £50 million, had they been genuine. The proceeds were used to buy property across Preston and London through offshore bank accounts. Following a joint investigation between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Lancashire Police, Arif Patel was found guilty on Tuesday, April 11, of false accounting, conspiracy to cheat the public revenue, the onward sale of counterfeit clothing and money laundering.
Co-accused Mohamed Jaffar Ali, 58, of Dubai, was also found guilty of conspiracy to cheat the Revenue and money laundering yesterday. The convictions follow a 14-week trial at Chester Crown Court. Patel was convicted in his absence after travelling to Dubai in 2011 and failing to return.
Reporting restrictions have now been lifted and it can be revealed for the first time that 24 members of the criminal empire were convicted in five trials between 2011 and 2014 and jailed for a total of more than 116 years. HMRC has also restrained more than £78 million of the gang’s UK assets and proceedings are now underway to recover these funds for the public purse.
‘One of the UK biggest ever fraud cases’
Richard Las, Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said: “These guilty verdicts close a significant chapter in one of the biggest tax fraud cases ever investigated by HMRC. For more than a decade HMRC and our partners have worked tirelessly and together to bring this gang to justice. Arif Patel lived a lavish lifestyle at the expense of the law-abiding majority.
"Tax crime is not victimless and fraudsters like this pair steal the money that funds the NHS and other vital public services we all rely on. Our work doesn’t stop here. We have more than £78 million of the gang’s UK assets restrained and have begun the process to recover all those proceeds of crime.”
Sam Mackenzie, Assistant Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary, added: “While presenting himself as a genuine and reputable businessman Arif Patel in fact used stolen taxpayers’ cash to line his own pockets and fund a lavish lifestyle. This is money that should have been used to fund the vital public services which we all rely on and to which most of us contribute our fair share by working hard and paying tax.
“I welcome these guilty verdicts which are the culmination of a lengthy and complex investigation which has involved many years of hard work and dedication by police officers and staff and partners from HMRC who have worked together in a truly joint operation.”
Andrew Fox, Senior Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, said: “The convictions of Arif Patel and Mohamed Jaffar Ali successfully conclude this part of an immense investigative and prosecution case against an organised criminal group, involved in counterfeit clothing, fraudulent VAT claims and money-laundering."The cost to the public purse was tens of millions, money that could have been used for essential public services in the NHS, social care and education. Patel was convicted in his absence, having remained in Dubai throughout the trial. The CPS will now pursue confiscation proceedings against the defendants, to prevent them enjoying the benefits of their criminal enterprise.”
Arif Patel’s ‘trusted lieutenants’
Arif Patel’s criminal enterprise relied on dozens of lieutenants around the UK, including professional enablers. This involved two chartered accountants from a Preston-based practice: Anil Hindocha, 69, from Preston, and Yogesh Patel, 66, from Aylesbury. Anil Hindocha was jailed for 12 years and 10 months in 2014 after being found guilty of false accounting, conspiracy to cheat the public Revenue and money laundering.
Yogesh Patel was jailed for five years and seven months after being found guilty of conspiracy to cheat the public Revenue and money laundering. Arif Patel travelled to Dubai in July 2011 and failed to return. He was tried in his absence at Chester Crown Court where he was found guilty of all charges yesterday, 11 April 2023. He will be sentenced next month.
Mohamed Jaffar Ali was yesterday (11 April 2023) found guilty of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue and money laundering. After attending the majority of the trial, he failed to attend court on 27 March 2023 and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He will also be sentenced next month. Arif Patel’s brothers Munaf Umarji Patel and Faisal Patel are on Lancashire Police’s wanted list
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An organised crime group who smuggled £1m worth of drugs into Heathrow Airport by disguising it among computer casings have been jailed. Border Force officers discovered two pallet-loads of cannabis within a shipment of IT equipment on February 8, 2021.
The drugs, which were valued at £1million, had been flown across from Canada and were due to be delivered to a business address in Dartford. Detectives were able to link the shipment to members of an organised crime group who had been arranging the importation of cannabis over an illegally-encrypted mobile phone platform.
International law enforcement agencies cracked the platform in the spring of 2020, allowing them to clamp down on crime gangs. Following their arrest, the four men pleaded guilty to the charges during an appearance at Woolwich Crown Court and have been jailed for a total of 17 years.
Kuran Gill, 32, of Sun Marsh Way, Gravesend, had organised the importation and onward distribution of the cannabis and as well as the sale of a kilogram of cocaine. Officers seized around £105,000 cash from his home address following his arrest on Wednesday April 21, 2021. Gill pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug, conspiracy to supply cocaine and possession of criminal property, and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
Jag Singh, 32, of The Boulevard, South West London, was also involved in organising the importation and distribution of the cannabis. Using the chat handle of ‘Real Crocodile’ he exchanged multiple messages with Gill in which they openly discussed routes into the country, ways in which the drugs could be concealed and how much it would cost. Singh pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug and was jailed for four years and nine months.
Gregory Blacklock, 32, of Buckland Hill, Maidstone, was the director of the Dartford business where the cannabis discovered at Heathrow was due to be delivered. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
Govind Bahia, 30, of Tennyson Walk, Gravesend, assisted Gill with advice and direction on the type and quantity of cannabis to purchase. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug and was jailed for three years.
Investigating officer Detective Constable Steve Brown of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said: "The cracking of the EncroChat mobile phone platform has led to countless criminals being caught red-handed and brought to justice.
"Organised gangs across Europe thought they could openly discuss their criminal activity, oblivious to the fact the system was not as secure as they thought and that every message they sent was bringing them a step closer to prison. Crime does not pay and I am satisfied that those involved in this particular conspiracy are now behind bars where they belong."
The drugs, which were valued at £1million, had been flown across from Canada and were due to be delivered to a business address in Dartford. Detectives were able to link the shipment to members of an organised crime group who had been arranging the importation of cannabis over an illegally-encrypted mobile phone platform.
International law enforcement agencies cracked the platform in the spring of 2020, allowing them to clamp down on crime gangs. Following their arrest, the four men pleaded guilty to the charges during an appearance at Woolwich Crown Court and have been jailed for a total of 17 years.
Kuran Gill, 32, of Sun Marsh Way, Gravesend, had organised the importation and onward distribution of the cannabis and as well as the sale of a kilogram of cocaine. Officers seized around £105,000 cash from his home address following his arrest on Wednesday April 21, 2021. Gill pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug, conspiracy to supply cocaine and possession of criminal property, and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
Jag Singh, 32, of The Boulevard, South West London, was also involved in organising the importation and distribution of the cannabis. Using the chat handle of ‘Real Crocodile’ he exchanged multiple messages with Gill in which they openly discussed routes into the country, ways in which the drugs could be concealed and how much it would cost. Singh pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug and was jailed for four years and nine months.
Gregory Blacklock, 32, of Buckland Hill, Maidstone, was the director of the Dartford business where the cannabis discovered at Heathrow was due to be delivered. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
Govind Bahia, 30, of Tennyson Walk, Gravesend, assisted Gill with advice and direction on the type and quantity of cannabis to purchase. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a class B drug and was jailed for three years.
Investigating officer Detective Constable Steve Brown of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said: "The cracking of the EncroChat mobile phone platform has led to countless criminals being caught red-handed and brought to justice.
"Organised gangs across Europe thought they could openly discuss their criminal activity, oblivious to the fact the system was not as secure as they thought and that every message they sent was bringing them a step closer to prison. Crime does not pay and I am satisfied that those involved in this particular conspiracy are now behind bars where they belong."
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A man who kidnapped a schoolgirl from the street and sexually assaulted her has been described by a judge as "every parent's worst nightmare".
Zeshaan Tariq, 28, attacked the girl in Peterborough in July 2022, having earlier that day tried to lure another girl into his car.
Judge Philip Grey said Tariq, of Meadow Grove, was "out hunting for a schoolgirl to sexually attack".
He was jailed for nearly nine years at Cambridge Crown Court.
In March, a jury found him guilty of kidnap, attempted kidnap and sexual assault, while he also admitted two counts of driving while disqualified.
Cambridgeshire Police said on 7 July Tariq pulled up to his first victim, a 10-year-old girl, at about 15:30 BST and told her to get into his car.
He became verbally aggressive when she refused, but she ran away, but he followed her until she came across a group of people, crying and asking for help.
Judge Grey told Tariq: "You failed in your first attempt to get a girl into your car, but you were determined."
About 30 minutes later, Tariq approached a 12-year-old telling her not to walk in the area as there were "bad people" there and told her he would be safe with her, police said.
Despite being a stranger he told her: "Come with your uncle, I'm your uncle."
He then offered her a soft drink which the judge said he was sure was "laced with vodka", which she later described to officers as "tasting funny".
Tariq moved into the back of the car and began to sexually assault the girl, but she managed to escape, punching her attacker in the face.
In a victim impact statement, she said she was "the most scared I have ever felt".
The judge said while these events were rare, "on that afternoon you were every parent's worst nightmare".
Tariq was sentenced to eight years and nine months imprisonment, with an extended period on licence of three years, and will be on the sex offenders' register for life.
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A man who kidnapped a schoolgirl from the street and sexually assaulted her has been described by a judge as "every parent's worst nightmare".
Zeshaan Tariq, 28, attacked the girl in Peterborough in July 2022, having earlier that day tried to lure another girl into his car.
Judge Philip Grey said Tariq, of Meadow Grove, was "out hunting for a schoolgirl to sexually attack".
He was jailed for nearly nine years at Cambridge Crown Court.
In March, a jury found him guilty of kidnap, attempted kidnap and sexual assault, while he also admitted two counts of driving while disqualified.
Cambridgeshire Police said on 7 July Tariq pulled up to his first victim, a 10-year-old girl, at about 15:30 BST and told her to get into his car.
He became verbally aggressive when she refused, but she ran away, but he followed her until she came across a group of people, crying and asking for help.
Judge Grey told Tariq: "You failed in your first attempt to get a girl into your car, but you were determined."
About 30 minutes later, Tariq approached a 12-year-old telling her not to walk in the area as there were "bad people" there and told her he would be safe with her, police said.
Despite being a stranger he told her: "Come with your uncle, I'm your uncle."
He then offered her a soft drink which the judge said he was sure was "laced with vodka", which she later described to officers as "tasting funny".
Tariq moved into the back of the car and began to sexually assault the girl, but she managed to escape, punching her attacker in the face.
In a victim impact statement, she said she was "the most scared I have ever felt".
The judge said while these events were rare, "on that afternoon you were every parent's worst nightmare".
Tariq was sentenced to eight years and nine months imprisonment, with an extended period on licence of three years, and will be on the sex offenders' register for life.
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A London gang of 16 people has been found guilty over a £42 million money laundering scheme.
Members of the crew smuggled cash out of the UK, making hundreds of journeys to the UAE between 2017 and 2019.
Investigators believe these were profits from people smuggling and dealing class A drugs.
Around £1.5 million was seized, but flight analysis and cash declarations in Dubai suggested the group successfully transported far more, police said.
Back in 2019, the same gang tried to smuggle 17 migrants – including a pregnant woman and five children – into the UK hidden in the back of a van carrying tyres.
Dutch police intercepted the vehicle before it could reach a ferry at the Hook of Holland, the National Crime Agency said.
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After weeks of surveillance, communications and flight data analysis, NCA officers moved in to make arrests.
Charan Singh, from Hounslow, was among those detained in the raids across west London in November 2019.
Investigators were able to prove that the 44-year-old, who was formerly resident in the UAE, paid for flights to Dubai for other gang members.
The ringleader kept a ledger showing how much had been transported and when.
It showed that at least 58 trips to Dubai were made by Singh and couriers during 2017 alone.
Further arrests followed and those charged as part of the probe were prosecuted in two trials at Croydon Crown Court, starting this January.
Chris Hill, NCA senior investigating officer, said today: ‘This has been a long and complex investigation into an OCG involved in money laundering on a commercial scale and organised immigration crime.
‘Over a two-year period, working together with partners in the UK and abroad, NCA investigators were able to uncover the evidence to secure these convictions.
‘This case demonstrates the continued commitment by the NCA to protect the public and target the criminal networks involved in both people smuggling and money laundering.
‘We will continue to use the full range of tactics at our disposal to disrupt and dismantle them.’
Along with seven other defendants, Singh was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property – known as money laundering.
Valjeet Singh, 34, from Hounslow, was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property, four counts of removing criminal property, but not guilty of two separate counts of removing criminal property.
Swander Singh Dhal, 37, Hounslow, was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property, and conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law, but he was cleared of a separate count of conspiring to remove criminal property.
Jasbir Singh Kapoor, 35, Hayes, west London, was found guilty of two counts conspiring to remove criminal property, but not guilty of conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law.
Jasbir Singh Dhal, 32, from Southall, west London, was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property.
Diljan Singh Malhotra, 47, from Uxbridge, west London, was cleared of two counts of conspiring to remove criminal property, but found guilty of conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law.
Mircea Denes, 45, previously of Northolt was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law in his absence having absconded.
Sundar Vengadassalm, 48, from Southall, was found guilty of removing criminal property, but cleared of five separate counts of removing criminal property.
All 16 defendants are due to be sentenced at the same court from September this year.
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Members of the crew smuggled cash out of the UK, making hundreds of journeys to the UAE between 2017 and 2019.
Investigators believe these were profits from people smuggling and dealing class A drugs.
Around £1.5 million was seized, but flight analysis and cash declarations in Dubai suggested the group successfully transported far more, police said.
Back in 2019, the same gang tried to smuggle 17 migrants – including a pregnant woman and five children – into the UK hidden in the back of a van carrying tyres.
Dutch police intercepted the vehicle before it could reach a ferry at the Hook of Holland, the National Crime Agency said.
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After weeks of surveillance, communications and flight data analysis, NCA officers moved in to make arrests.
Charan Singh, from Hounslow, was among those detained in the raids across west London in November 2019.
Investigators were able to prove that the 44-year-old, who was formerly resident in the UAE, paid for flights to Dubai for other gang members.
The ringleader kept a ledger showing how much had been transported and when.
It showed that at least 58 trips to Dubai were made by Singh and couriers during 2017 alone.
Further arrests followed and those charged as part of the probe were prosecuted in two trials at Croydon Crown Court, starting this January.
Chris Hill, NCA senior investigating officer, said today: ‘This has been a long and complex investigation into an OCG involved in money laundering on a commercial scale and organised immigration crime.
‘Over a two-year period, working together with partners in the UK and abroad, NCA investigators were able to uncover the evidence to secure these convictions.
‘This case demonstrates the continued commitment by the NCA to protect the public and target the criminal networks involved in both people smuggling and money laundering.
‘We will continue to use the full range of tactics at our disposal to disrupt and dismantle them.’
Along with seven other defendants, Singh was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property – known as money laundering.
Valjeet Singh, 34, from Hounslow, was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property, four counts of removing criminal property, but not guilty of two separate counts of removing criminal property.
Swander Singh Dhal, 37, Hounslow, was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property, and conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law, but he was cleared of a separate count of conspiring to remove criminal property.
Jasbir Singh Kapoor, 35, Hayes, west London, was found guilty of two counts conspiring to remove criminal property, but not guilty of conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law.
Jasbir Singh Dhal, 32, from Southall, west London, was found guilty of conspiring to remove criminal property.
Diljan Singh Malhotra, 47, from Uxbridge, west London, was cleared of two counts of conspiring to remove criminal property, but found guilty of conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law.
Mircea Denes, 45, previously of Northolt was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law in his absence having absconded.
Sundar Vengadassalm, 48, from Southall, was found guilty of removing criminal property, but cleared of five separate counts of removing criminal property.
All 16 defendants are due to be sentenced at the same court from September this year.
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CCTV been released showing the moment two thieves stole a diamond ring worth an estimated £60,000 from a jewellers before attempting to evade police during a high-speed chase.
Shabir Patel, 39, and Khaqan Raja, 36, asked to look at high-value items at the shop in Eastbourne, East Sussex, before Raja is seen pretending to make a phone call and Patel snatches the 18-carat gold, platinum and diamond ring.
They then sprint out of the shop into a get-away car, fleeing the scene in Finmere Road around 1.50pm on 9 February this year.
However, an eyewitness spotted them swapping registration plates - providing a crucial piece of information for the police, who traced two vehicles in convoy travelling from Lancashire.
The men were seen driving a Jaguar at speeds of up to 120mph on the A24 towards Crawley in West Sussex before they were stopped north of the town on the M23.
A second vehicle, a VW Bora, was stopped by officers on the M25 travelling towards London.
Patel and Raja were arrested and charged following an investigation by Eastbourne CID.
Shabir Patel, 39, and Khaqan Raja, 36, asked to look at high-value items at the shop in Eastbourne, East Sussex, before Raja is seen pretending to make a phone call and Patel snatches the 18-carat gold, platinum and diamond ring.
They then sprint out of the shop into a get-away car, fleeing the scene in Finmere Road around 1.50pm on 9 February this year.
However, an eyewitness spotted them swapping registration plates - providing a crucial piece of information for the police, who traced two vehicles in convoy travelling from Lancashire.
The men were seen driving a Jaguar at speeds of up to 120mph on the A24 towards Crawley in West Sussex before they were stopped north of the town on the M23.
A second vehicle, a VW Bora, was stopped by officers on the M25 travelling towards London.
Patel and Raja were arrested and charged following an investigation by Eastbourne CID.
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Two gang members who stabbed a 16-year-old Afghan refugee to death after mistaking him for a rival have been jailed for life.
Vanushan Balakrishnan and Ilyas Suleiman, both 18, knifed Rishmeet Singh 15 times in a frenzied 27-second attack in Southall, west London, on November 24, 2021.
Two years earlier, Rishmeet, a Sikh, had fled his homeland with his mother and grandmother after the Taliban killed his father and tried to kidnap him and convert him to Islam.
‘They came here to seek a safe life,’ Judge Sarah Munro KC said in her sentencing remarks. ‘With hindsight, that decision to move will haunt Rishmeet’s mother and grandmother for the rest of their lives.’
Balakrishnan and Suleiman, from Hillingdon, west London, were found guilty of murder following an Old Bailey trial in March.
In a televised sentencing at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, Judge Munro handed Suleiman a minimum term of 21 years and Balakrishnan at least 24 years.
Balakrishnan was also detained at his majesty’s pleasure for a minimum concurrent term of four years for a second offence of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
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Vanushan Balakrishnan and Ilyas Suleiman, both 18, knifed Rishmeet Singh 15 times in a frenzied 27-second attack in Southall, west London, on November 24, 2021.
Two years earlier, Rishmeet, a Sikh, had fled his homeland with his mother and grandmother after the Taliban killed his father and tried to kidnap him and convert him to Islam.
‘They came here to seek a safe life,’ Judge Sarah Munro KC said in her sentencing remarks. ‘With hindsight, that decision to move will haunt Rishmeet’s mother and grandmother for the rest of their lives.’
Balakrishnan and Suleiman, from Hillingdon, west London, were found guilty of murder following an Old Bailey trial in March.
In a televised sentencing at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, Judge Munro handed Suleiman a minimum term of 21 years and Balakrishnan at least 24 years.
Balakrishnan was also detained at his majesty’s pleasure for a minimum concurrent term of four years for a second offence of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
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A taxi driver who raped a women he drove home after demanding to use her toilet has been jailed for 11 years.
Jakir Hussain, 39, of Grangetown, Cardiff, picked up his victim in Cardiff city centre after a night out with her friends.
Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard he got into the back of the locked taxi until she agreed to let him into her home.
Once inside he forced his way into her bedroom where he raped her.
Hussain was traced by CCTV and denied the attack despite DNA evidence. He was found guilty of rape following a trial in November.
The victim has said she was no longer able set foot in her bedroom or even look at her bed, due to it causing flashbacks of the incident.
She added that the trauma has led her to attempting to take her own life.
'I see his face in my head'
She said: "Since this incident I have tried to avoid sleep because I am taken back to the night of the incident.
"I see his face in my head and can remember what he did to me, including flashbacks to parts of the incident such as being trapped in a taxi.
"Since the incident I have not felt able to get into a taxi, I have a complete distrust of all taxi drivers."
She said following this incident she offers to drive female friends home from nights out in the middle of the night, rather than let them get a taxi.
"This has impacted me in all aspects of my life," she added.
Recorder Eugene Egan told Hussain: "You were in a position of trust towards her, a position of trust you grossly abused."
Hussain was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment and put under sex offender notification for life.
He was also barred from working as a taxi driver indefinitely.
Jakir Hussain, 39, of Grangetown, Cardiff, picked up his victim in Cardiff city centre after a night out with her friends.
Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard he got into the back of the locked taxi until she agreed to let him into her home.
Once inside he forced his way into her bedroom where he raped her.
Hussain was traced by CCTV and denied the attack despite DNA evidence. He was found guilty of rape following a trial in November.
The victim has said she was no longer able set foot in her bedroom or even look at her bed, due to it causing flashbacks of the incident.
She added that the trauma has led her to attempting to take her own life.
'I see his face in my head'
She said: "Since this incident I have tried to avoid sleep because I am taken back to the night of the incident.
"I see his face in my head and can remember what he did to me, including flashbacks to parts of the incident such as being trapped in a taxi.
"Since the incident I have not felt able to get into a taxi, I have a complete distrust of all taxi drivers."
She said following this incident she offers to drive female friends home from nights out in the middle of the night, rather than let them get a taxi.
"This has impacted me in all aspects of my life," she added.
Recorder Eugene Egan told Hussain: "You were in a position of trust towards her, a position of trust you grossly abused."
Hussain was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment and put under sex offender notification for life.
He was also barred from working as a taxi driver indefinitely.
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Social media influencer Mahek Bukhari had more than 120,000 followers on TikTok, where she shared regular fashion updates, occasionally appearing with her mother Ansreen Bukhari.
But after the glamour of online stardom, the pair are now facing lengthy jail terms after they were convicted of murdering two young men during a high-speed car chase.
Mahek, 24, who was known to her followers as Maya, hatched the plan when 46-year-old Ansreen admitted she had been having an affair and was being blackmailed by her 21-year-old lover after trying to end the relationship.
Saqib Hussain was threatening to send sex tapes to Ansreen's husband if she did not pay back the £3,000 he had spent on dates with her.
The mother and daughter "set a trap", a court was told, by arranging "an ambush" meeting in a supermarket car park in Leicester, where the women arrived in an Audi with other people they knew in a Saab.
Mr Hussain and his friend Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, also 21, did not get out of their Skoda and when they left were followed by the other cars.
By the time the two men, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, reached the A46 duel carriageway, the Audi had reached speeds of almost 100mph.
"They're trying to ram us off the road," Mr Hussain is heard saying in a panicked 999 call played to jurors during the Bukharis' trial. "Please, I'm begging you, I'm going to die." There is a scream before the call cuts out at the sound of a loud bang.
The vehicle "virtually split in two" and caught fire after hitting a tree at the Six Hills junction near Leicester just after midnight on 11 February 2022, a jury was told.
When the police came to her house, Mahek lied about where she had been on the night of the crash, claiming: "First we stayed here and then we went straight to Nottingham."
After her arrest, she changed her story, admitting she was on the road that night, but telling officers in an interview: "As soon as I turn around the silver car is gone.
"The silver car swerved, to not my side, to the other side of the duel carriageway… I didn't see the car, I didn't see a bang."
During her trial, Mahek admitted she had repeatedly lied to police.
Leicestershire Police's Detective Inspector Mark Parish said: "I think sometimes it's been very hard for the families to grasp, to hear different accounts. No real admission of guilt or feelings for the lads that died."
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But after the glamour of online stardom, the pair are now facing lengthy jail terms after they were convicted of murdering two young men during a high-speed car chase.
Mahek, 24, who was known to her followers as Maya, hatched the plan when 46-year-old Ansreen admitted she had been having an affair and was being blackmailed by her 21-year-old lover after trying to end the relationship.
Saqib Hussain was threatening to send sex tapes to Ansreen's husband if she did not pay back the £3,000 he had spent on dates with her.
The mother and daughter "set a trap", a court was told, by arranging "an ambush" meeting in a supermarket car park in Leicester, where the women arrived in an Audi with other people they knew in a Saab.
Mr Hussain and his friend Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, also 21, did not get out of their Skoda and when they left were followed by the other cars.
By the time the two men, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, reached the A46 duel carriageway, the Audi had reached speeds of almost 100mph.
"They're trying to ram us off the road," Mr Hussain is heard saying in a panicked 999 call played to jurors during the Bukharis' trial. "Please, I'm begging you, I'm going to die." There is a scream before the call cuts out at the sound of a loud bang.
The vehicle "virtually split in two" and caught fire after hitting a tree at the Six Hills junction near Leicester just after midnight on 11 February 2022, a jury was told.
When the police came to her house, Mahek lied about where she had been on the night of the crash, claiming: "First we stayed here and then we went straight to Nottingham."
After her arrest, she changed her story, admitting she was on the road that night, but telling officers in an interview: "As soon as I turn around the silver car is gone.
"The silver car swerved, to not my side, to the other side of the duel carriageway… I didn't see the car, I didn't see a bang."
During her trial, Mahek admitted she had repeatedly lied to police.
Leicestershire Police's Detective Inspector Mark Parish said: "I think sometimes it's been very hard for the families to grasp, to hear different accounts. No real admission of guilt or feelings for the lads that died."
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Truly awful. They should never see the light of day
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This sounds more like a TV drama than real life-Mother having an affair and the daughter killing her lover.
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