Man sentenced for child sex abuse in Rochdale
A man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual activity with a child and child abduction offences in Rochdale.
21 year old Irfan Mohammed Fiaz of Salik Gardens in Rochdale has been sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court, to three years in a young offenders institute and ordered to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely.
At an earlier hearing Mr Fiaz pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child and taking a child so as to remove them from a person having lawful control.
Between 5 October 2015 and 14 October 2015, on three separate occasions a 14-year-old girl was reported missing from her home overnight in Rochdale.
On each occasion, 20-year-old Fiaz met with the girl and took her to his home address. Whilst inside the address he sexually abused her.
Due to concerns raised by a member of the public whilst she was missing, officers who were looking for the girl found her with the Fiaz at his address.
During his police interview, Fiaz showed no remorse and blamed the child for the incident throughout.
Detective Constable Ben Harris of the Rochdale Sunrise Team said:
“Fiaz is a predator who preyed on a vulnerable 14-year-old girl in a typical example of the boyfriend model of child sexual exploitation.
“He made her feel as though they were in a grown up relationship and encouraged her to stay over at his home address away from her parents, where he then exploited her. The fact he felt it was the child’s fault is disturbing and his lack of remorse is reflected in the sentence.
“CSE in any form is unacceptable and we in the Sunrise team will continue to work tirelessly to investigate all reports of this nature and safeguard victims of exploitation.”
Project Phoenix is a multi-agency response to CSE across the whole of Greater Manchester. The project brings together police, local authorities, NHS and third sector organisations, using their collective expertise to safeguard vulnerable young people at risk of exploitation and target those who would try to exploit them.