Judge jails five sex offenders for more than 30 years

THE FIVE Rotherham men convicted of sexually abusing three teenage girls have been jailed for a total of 32 and a half years.

The sentences were handed out by Judge Peter Kelson QC at Sheffield Crown Court today following a seven-week trial.

Razwan Razaq (30), of Oxford Street, Clifton, was jailed for 11 years after being found guilty by a jury of having sex with two 13-year-old girls in 2008.

His 24-year-old brother Umar Razaq, of the same address, was found guilty of sexual activity with a 13-year-old and not guilty of raping a 16-year-old. He was sentenced to four and a half years.

Zafran Ramzan (21), of Broom Grove, Broom, was jailed for nine years after being found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl and twice having sex with her 13-year-old cousin.He was found not guilty of two further counts of rape.

Adil Hussain (20), of Nelson Street, Rotherham, was given a four-year sentence at a young offender institution after he was found guilty of under age sex with a 13-year-old, but acquitted of three other sex abuse charges.

Mohsin Khan (21), of Haworth Crescent, Moorgate, was convicted of one charge of under-age sex with a 13-year-old and found not guilty of two other charges of sexual activity with the same girl.

He was sentenced to four years.

Judge Peter Kelson QC said: “The message must go out loud and clear that our society will not tolerate sexual predators preying on children.”

 

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