Dewsbury man jailed for sexually offending a teenager

DEWSBURY MAN JAILED FOR SEXUALLY OFFENDING A TEENAGER

A DEWSBURY man who targeted a vulnerable teenager in sexual offending has been jailed.

Fuvad Sidat (52) from Upper Road, Dewsbury was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court yesterday (Friday, September 16) to ten months in prison for an offence of sexual communication with a child.

The 52-year-old had pleaded guilty to the offence at a previous court hearing in July.

Leeds Crown Court heard that Sidat had targeted a teenage girl in Kirklees in October 2019 and asked her to start video calling him.

The victim told her mother, who then intercepted requests from Sidat for sexually explicit material from the victim.

She made a report to police, prompting a full investigation by safeguarding detectives.

Sidat was arrested in October 2019 and later charged.

He was also made to sign on the sex offenders register and will be subject of a sexual harm prevention order.

DC Sam Smith of the Kirklees District Child Safeguarding Team, said: “We welcome the sentencing of Sidat for this serious offending in which he targeted a very vulnerable victim.

Her family’s courage in reporting matters has allowed us to fully investigate the matter, safeguard the victim, and take action against this male.

Kirklees police take all reports of sexual offending extremely seriously and any such offences are always fully investigated by specialist safeguarding detectives.

We continue to encourage victims to come forward, no matter when the offences took place.”