Huddersfield man jailed for 10 years after breaking into home and sexually assaulting child
40 year old Saqib Khan was arrested by police in the bedroom of a home in April
A man who broke into a house in Huddersfield, before sexually assaulting a child, has been jailed for 10 years.
40 year old Saqib Khan, of Hanson Lane, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 10 during the incident on April 20.
He broke into a family home before attacking the child in a bedroom.
Relatives of the victim heard a disturbance but were unable to get into the room.
Police later arrived, forcing entry and restraining Khan.
Following sentencing at Leeds Crown Court Khan will be on the sex offenders register for life, and was make subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Detective Inspector Tal Laher, of West Yorkshire Police, said: “This has been a shocking offence in which Saqib Khan put his victim and parents through what would be any family’s worst nightmare.
“There is no doubt he is a highly dangerous sexual offender, and his offending could have been even worse had he not been restrained by two police constables who saw the child’s father on the street and intervened.
“Their swift action in detaining the male while also providing care and support to a distraught family should be commended.”
He added: “We hope seeing Khan jailed today will bring some measure of comfort to his victim and family and I want to praise them for their courage in supporting the prosecution.
“Sexual offences are always investigated by specially trained detectives and with the needs of victims at the heart of each and every investigation.”