BRADFORD RAPIST WHO DROVE TEEN TO 'SECLUDED PLACE' IN HIS CAR IS JAILED
A BRADFORD man who drove a teenage girl to a “secluded place” in his car has been jailed for nine years after a jury found him guilty of rape.Recorder Richard Paige, sitting at Bradford Crown Court, said he had considered the profound impact of the early hours offence on the girl who was in such a state of shock she was unable to tell anyone about it immediately.
The complainant, who must not be identified for legal reasons, was attacked by Ahmer Hamid, then aged 26, back in 2022.
Hamid, of Wellands Terrace in Barkerend, was found guilty of the rape charge following a trial in November last year.
On Tuesday, Hamid, now 29, appeared via a video link from HMP Leeds and was told he would now have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and comply with the terms of a 15-year sexual harm prevention order which restricts his contact with children under 16.
Recorder Paige described a statement provided by the complainant’s father as “deeply moving” and said it made the gravity of Hamid’s offending even clearer.
“He describes how you have stolen his daughter’s childhood,” said Recorder Paige.
The girl’s father described her as a shadow of her former self and plagued by nightmares of the rape.
The judge said Hamid had driven the complainant to a “secluded place” and there was some planning involved with the offence.
“You drove her to a secluded place at night where she was alone with you,” he told Hamid via the video link.
“I’m satisfied that your conduct is so serious that only an immediate custodial sentence can be justified.” Hamid will have to serve two-thirds of his nine-year jail sentence before being considered for release on licence.
The sexual harm prevention order includes a ban on Hamid contacting the complainant.
