Child rapist jailed for 15 years
Judge brands abuser ‘callous and uncaring’
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A WAITER has been jailed for 15 years after subjecting a young girl to years of abuse.
Shakeel Ahmed, 26, was working at a restaurant on Deeside when officers arrested him.
A court heard Ahmed bolted to Ballater “out of shame or fear after abusing the child”.
A jury found him guilty of raping the girl twice when she was aged between nine and 12 and eight counts of sexually assaulting her.
The judge told him: “You are guilty of the persistent and sordid abuse and assault of a young girl you groomed until the point when you forcefully and brutally raped her.”
His trial at Bradford Crown Court was told his victim was just nine when he began preying on her.
Ahmed told her she would be killed by family members if she told anyone about his attacks.
But in May last year, she finally plucked up the courage to tell a school friend after Ahmed had left Bradford.
His victim later told police that Ahmed played a game, pretending they were married and put a scarf on her head before sexually assaulting her.
Giving evidence at his trial via a video link, she said Ahmed raped her on one occasion after luring her upstairs by pretending his young son had been taken ill. The second time she was raped Ahmed threatened her with violence.
He was later traced after West Yorkshire Police learned he was working as a waiter in Ballater.
He denied abusing the youngster and insisted she made up the allegations.
Judge Jonathan Durham Hall said Ahmed was “arrogant, callous, uncaring and indifferent”.
