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Girls’ sex attackers spared prison
Date published: 10/02/2009
Parents’ outrage at sentence
THE parents of a 13-year-old schoolgirl have reacted with fury after two Oldham men, who sexually assaulted the youngster as she queued to ride Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s Big One rollercoaster, walked free from court.
Drunken Asad Mahmood (19), and Haqnawez Razzaq (27) groped the girl and two of her friends, telling them that they had condoms.
Despite the girls saying they were only 13 and on a school trip, the pair persisted in trying to get their names and phone numbers and continued the assault as they sat behind one of the girls on the ride.
But yesterday, as the pair were sentenced at Preston Crown Court, Judge Michael Byrne declared that neither of them “is a predatory paedophile that preys on young girls”.
Mahmood and Razzaq each pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on three different girls.
Mahmood, of Queens Road, was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison suspended for two years and was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work, and to pay £300 to his two victims.
Deterrent
Razzaq, of Brompton Street, Glodwick, was ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work, with supervision for two years, and was also ordered to pay £300 to his two victims.
Mahmood and Razzaq were also ordered to sign the sex offender’s register for seven and five years respectively.
However, the parents of one of the victims were outraged at the sentence.
Speaking outside court, the parents, who can not be identified for legal reasons, said: “This is no justice for my daughter. A community order is no deterrent. All that was being talked about was helping the defendants.
“The victims in this case never got heard. It was all about the criminal. These were three 13-year-old girls and they have had this hanging over them for 18 months.
“My daughter had nightmares for weeks after this because it took so long for them to even be charged. She has changed in her mannerisms. She shouldn’t have had to go through this. We feel very bitter at the sentence.
“If they had been jailed then we would have felt justice had been done. We don’t let her go on school trips now. I don’t feel like she’s safe.”
The incident occurred in September, 2007, shortly after the girls had arrived at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach.
Mr Anthony Watson, prosecuting, said that the three victims and another friend had been queuing to ride on the Big One when the two defendants came up behind them appearing drunk and drugged up.
“The four girls made complaints to staff and the defendants were arrested later.”
Mr Robert Kearney, defending Mahmood, said: “The defendant wishes to apologise to these young girls who he must have caused some distress on that day and for some time after.”
Defending Razzaq, Ms Farrhat Arshad said: “He should have known better. Had he not been drinking he would not have committed this offence.”
Judge Michael Byrne said: “You pleaded guilty but the fact remains that for almost the entire part of 18 months since this incident your victims have gone about their daily business with this matter hanging over them.
“I am satisfied that neither of you is a predatory paedophile that preys on young girls.
“You were drunk in the middle of the morning in broad daylight and you were a pair of sexual pests. The public and schools are entitled to know that in broad daylight Blackpool Pleasure Beach is safe for all pupils of both sexes and any age to have a good time. “
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"We was drunk, innit" Thought drinking was against the Muslim religion ? Hmmmmmmm
Oldham Owl where does it say these guys are muslim???
you really dont know what you are talking about.
whether these guys were called bob or abdul this is unacceptable and they should have been jailed.
100 hours of wallpapering and painting, possibly working in my uncle's charity shop
CPP
The name 'Mahmood' says it all really, and youre right they deserve locking up, I wouldnt want such scumbags approaching my daughter in that manner, when we are expected to rest assured that they are in good company of the school.
devient and obnoxious muslims who are a shame to both muslims and Oldham.
At least we agree that it is totally unacceptable CPP, I`m glad about that seeing as I was right in the first instance, you don`t live in Saddleworth per chance ?
Yet again the law being soft based on religion, and people wonder why he BNP is going to take power. All to often we see the magistrates being so easy-going with theses parasites of society
“You were drunk in the middle of the morning in broad daylight and you were a pair of sexual pests. The public and schools are entitled to know that in broad daylight Blackpool Pleasure Beach is safe for all pupils of both sexes and any age to have a good time. “ Well that's okay then is it? What about some justice for once. The justice system gives the signal that it is okay for men to sexually assault women with the laugable sentences they dish out. Rubbish!
I agree with the comments on here, also why haven't these perv's been placed on the sex offenders list (just in case they get bladdered again)? One rule for one...
i just wished id had been in that que,i would have only been too pleased to explain to a judge,the punishment id given out to these 2 scumbags,and with no remorse what so ever
What did Judge Michael Byrne base his "expert" opinion on, when he "declared that neither of them is a predatory paedophile that preys on young girls?" That's exactly what they are, based on what they did to the defenseless 13 YEAR OLD GIRLS. My heart goes out to the girls and their parents. Justice was NOT seen to be done here. Give them 5 years apiece in a real jail and see what happens to them there. They won't be doing it again !!
Another soft racial sentence handed out.
Oldham owl you could not be more wrong saddleworth is 1000s of miles away from where i live now, again it seems you like to place people in boxes, and sterotype people on their religion and now also on their postcode let me tell you that it does not work like that, their are scumbags in every religon and postcode. the sentence should fit the crime and this was obvious that the judge lives in cuckoo land not sure on his religion or postcode though.
a yer a piece wud be order and the tretment tht thy wud have gt in prison wud have thught thm a propa lesson. for them to du community service is a waste of time. if u want to get drunk go somewere were u wnt be tempted i mean if i wud have see both of these guys i wud have delt with them myself we should be able to trust our schools for our kids to go out and be safe but if the teachers are wondering around on there own wats the point of having them thr
do we see a possible boxing match between oldham owl and cpp hahaha, isnt it great when we can all air our views in public,keep it going oldham chronicle,its all good entertainment.
keefey no boxing here but i agree it is great to have conflict in dialogue, everybody is entitled to free speech
no matter what their views or the subject even if we dont like what we hear. The main point is in this case we all agree that these morons should have been jailed, but once again the powers that be let honest joe public down again.
well said cpp couldnt agree with you more
Okay CPP we shall call a truce, I don`t tend to stereo-type people (honest) I just prefer plain old simplistic non political correctnes. When I said Saddleworth I wasn`t far wrong if you live 1000`s of miles from Oldham was I ?
I just tend to say it how I see it from living in ana area with a high Muslim population (I`m an ethnic minority in my ward now)
Peace........
Any idea what crimes are not spared prison these days? Seems life in the nick is a safer place than being on the street.
Why the surprise at the sentence? Apart from the usual reasons the prisons are full and 'suspended sentences' are used for almost anything unless it's murder, not paying council tax or TV licence. As soon as I saw the title I just knew the type of people that would be involved.
By Road Rocket @ 10/02/2009 11:42:29
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