In November of the previous year, a remarkable 20 males of the Calerdale Grooming Gang were officially identified after being incarcerated in 2021 for the rape and abuse of four young girls aged 12 to 16 in Calerdale, West Yorkshire.
The exploitation by the immoral Asian grooming group occurred from 2001 to 2010, with police investigations commencing with the revelation of one girl’s ongoing mistreatment.
As of November 2024, the identities of the ill individuals have not been revealed owing to reporting constraints.
Their names are: Mohammed Akhtar, Malik Quadeer, Amir Shaban, Mohammed Ziareb. Imran Raja Yasin, Kamran Amin, Saquab Hussain, Haroon Sadiq, Shafiq Ali Rafiq, Sarfraz Rabnawaz, Shahzad Nowaz, Nadeem Nassir, Sajid Adalat, Sohail Zaffer, Shazad Nazir, Nadeem Adalat, Asad Mahmood, Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal, Vaseem Adalat and Craig Mitchell.
The men from the Calerdale Grooming Gang were given a combined jail time of 219 years, with the sentences ranging from 22 years to three years and six months.
Many of the men will still be in jail, but some will have been released. Meanwhile Mohammed Akhtar, who was found guilty of rape and was sentenced to 11 years, died while serving his sentence.
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