CHILD RAPIST WHO WORKED AT MOSQUE GROOMED KIDS AS YOUNG AS NINE WITH SWEETS AND GAMES
A rapist who worked at a Birmingham mosque has been jailed for abusing kids as young as nine after grooming them with sweets and games.Said Daauud raped and sexually abused five boys after winning their trust through AirPods, computer games and mobile phones.
The youngest was only nine, the oldest just 14.
Police today, Tuesday, February 10, released his mugshot after he was jailed for 16 years.
Daauud was an agency IT support worker at the mosque, which cannot be named for legal reasons, but stopped working there in February 2022.
He continued to attend the mosque and was well-known to the congregation.
Police began their investigation in May 2022 when two of the victim's mothers revealed that Daauud had been grooming their children.
He had stayed overnight at one of the boys’ houses and touched them inappropriately.
He used WhatsApp and Snapchat to groom one of the victims and asked for him to send indecent images of himself.
Well over 4,000 messages were sent, where he tried to normalise his behaviour and encouraged them to tell him that they loved him.
He told one of them: “It’s OK, you can do this” while carrying out abuse.
Det Sgt Thomas Finney, from West Midlands Police's public protection unit’s child abuse team, said: “Daauud showed no remorse and took the case to trial, which meant the children had to give evidence and be cross examined.
We have made sure they’ve been supported through the process.
“He used his position within the community to build a real level of trust with families, who were happy to let him stay the night and care for their children.
“He abused that trust in the most appalling way, with a series of appalling sexual attacks on really young members of the community.
“It was only when one of the boys revealed what was happening to his family that the alarm was raised and the full extent of what was happening came to light.
“We worked closely with the management at the mosque, who were supportive of the police investigation.
They provided us with CCTV footage, statements and details of the children involved to get us to these convictions.
“I’d like to thank each of the boys and their families for their bravery and support in helping us put this dangerous sexual predator behind bars.
Our thoughts are with them today.”
