5 men from burton jailed for child exploitation offences Rapist

July 2014 Five men jailed for ‘despicable’ sexual exploitation of schoolgirl (pictured) Umber Farrouq (21), Anees Hanif (20), Matab Ali (21), Junaid Ali (20) and Ameer Arshad (19) were found guilty Five men have been sentenced to 23 years in prison, in what police have described as the ‘despicable’ sexual exploitation of a schoolgirl in Burton-On-Trent.

Umber Farrouq (21), Anees Hanif (20), Matab Ali (21), Junaid Ali (20) and Ameer Arshad (19) were found guilty after a two-week trial at Stafford Crown Court in May.

The trial followed a lengthy investigation by Staffordshire Police’s Child Exploitation Team, concerning activity that took place in the Burton area between October 2012 and May 2013 involving the same victim.

Umber Farrouq (21), of Belvedere Road, Burton, was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

He received five-and-a-half-years for each offence, to run concurrently.

Anees Hanif (20), of Norfolk Road, Burton, was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 and inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity.

He was sentenced to five-and-a-half-years for each offence, to run concurrently.

Matab Ali (21), of Gordon Street, Burton, was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

He received five-and-a-half-years for each offence, to run concurrently.

Junaid Ali (20), of Shobnall Street, Burton, was jailed for five-and-a-half-years after he was found guilty of the attempt rape of a girl aged 13 to 15.

Ameer Arshad (19), of Waterloo Street, Burton, was found guilty of blackmail and jailed for 12 months.

Farrouq, Hanif, Ali (Matab) and Ali (Junaid) have all been put onto the Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely.

The men were arrested in Burton between 10 October 2013 and January 2014.

A seventh suspect, a 17-year-old male from Burton, received a conditional youth caution for inciting sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 and was referred to the Youth Offending Team.

June 2014 FIVE men from Burton have been convicted of child exploitation offences The case was heard during a two week trial at Stafford Crown Court and follows a lengthy investigation by Staffordshire Police’s Child Exploitation Team concerning activity that took place in the Burton area between October 2012 and May 2013 involving the same victim.

Umber Farrouq, 21, of Belvedere Road, Burton, and Anees Hanif, 19, of Norfolk Road, Burton, were both found guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

Hanif was found not guilty of one further count of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 but was convicted of inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity.

Matab Ali, 21, of Gordon Street, Burton, was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

Junaid Ali, 20, of Shobnall Street, Burton, was found guilty of the attempt rape of a girl aged 13 to 15.

Ameer Arshad, 18, of Waterloo Street, Burton, was found not guilty of inciting sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 but was found guilty of blackmail.

Haroon Hafeez, 22, of Shobnall Street, Burton, was cleared of three counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

Farrouq and Arshad remain on bail.

Hanif, Matab Ali and Junaid Ali are remanded in custody for unrelated matters.

They will next appear at Stafford Crown Court on Friday, July 18.

The men were arrested in Burton between 10 October 2013 and January 2014.

A seventh suspect, a 17-year-old male from Burton, received a conditional youth caution for inciting sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 and was referred to the Youth Offending Team.