Bradford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Ali Malik Ajaib, 35, of Bradford, was convicted of six counts of sexual activity with a child. The charges relate to one victim in November/December 2020. He abused a young girl while in a position of trust.

Jack Simpson, from the Holme Wood area of Bradford, who was 15 at the time, drove a stolen van the wrong way on the M606 near Bradford, West Yorkshire, crashing head-on with a taxi and resulting in the deaths of three men.

Shakeel Khan was one of the brothers involved in the plot to smuggle cocaine from Colombia. A phone linked him to the 'Junior' and 'Columbo' drugs lines involved in the operation.

Shahzad Hussain posed as a 21-year-old on Snapchat to groom an underage teenage girl. Despite warnings about her true age, he continued the abuse throughout 2022 and was convicted of six child sexual offences. The girl's father described devastating consequences for the victim and the family.

Stuart Bedford, 62, ran illegal waste operations storing over 600,000 tyres at sites in Spring Mill Street, Bradford, and Doncaster without required environmental permit, storing waste in a manner likely to pollute or harm health. In November 2020, a fire spread through the Bradford site causing travel disruption, school and business closures affecting 14,300 pupils, and requiring nearly 100 firefighters. Enforcement notice served in October 2020 to clear tyres.

Tammy Rowntree deliberately started a fire in the first floor bedroom of her terraced home and called 999. A neighbour saw smoke coming from the bedroom as she left the property in her pyjamas and dressing gown.

Wayne Mark McCreery posed as a debt collector from a fake agency, targeting a man in his 70s from the Northallerton area. Between 2015 and 2018, he and Liam Dinsdale pressured the victim into paying regular instalments, swindling around £410,000. The fraud also involved other victims across the UK, with a total loss of £472,896.20. McCreery sometimes used the surname Chadwick.

Vicky Bedford, 51, was involved with husband Stuart in operating illegal waste sites storing over 600,000 tyres at Spring Mill Street, Bradford, which caught fire in November 2020 causing serious disruption, school closures for 14,300 pupils, and requiring nearly 100 firefighters. No environmental permit held; enforcement notice served in October 2020.

Walter McDonald participated in a violent disorder incident in Sowerby, near Thirsk, in 2021. The victim was attacked with shovels, severely injured with cuts and bruising. The attackers, described as 'like a pack of hyenas to meat', also smashed up the victim's van and car which contained young children. One of the group threatened to chop the victim's hand off.

Ishak Razzak conspired with others by providing details of people via phone messages for Haroon Muhammed to name as drivers on Notices of Intended Prosecution for three speeding offences in West Yorkshire and Lancashire in May and August 2020 involving a VW Polo.

James Hartley, aged 63, formerly of Halifax, committed sexual offences against a child between 2004 and 2005, when the complainant was aged 14. The complainant reported the offences as an adult. Hartley was convicted of three counts of sexual activity with a child and sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to six years in prison.

Hasan Khan conspired with others by providing details of people via phone messages for Haroon Muhammed to name as drivers on Notices of Intended Prosecution for three speeding offences in West Yorkshire and Lancashire in May and August 2020 involving a VW Polo.

Haroon Muhammed returned false information to police naming other people as drivers for three speeding offences in West Yorkshire and Lancashire in May and August 2020 involving a VW Polo leased to him. Enquiries confirmed false details. Conversations on his phone with other defendants provided names to evade justice.

Hamza Rehman was found guilty of violent disorder following a violent brawl in Bradford and was jailed for three years and three months.

Dennon Dunne downloaded and distributed more than 200 indecent images of children using Snapchat and Telegram. The offending occurred months after his release from a previous three-year prison sentence for similar crimes. He also breached a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and failed to comply with sex offender notification requirements.

Gary McDonald participated in a violent disorder incident in Sowerby, near Thirsk, in 2021. The victim was attacked with shovels, severely injured with cuts and bruising. The attackers, described as 'like a pack of hyenas to meat', also smashed up the victim's van and car which contained young children. One of the group threatened to chop the victim's hand off.

Gavin Thorpe deliberately reversed his Range Rover into a Seat as it was leaving the car park of The Park pub on Reevy Road, Bradford, on 15 June. He then crashed into another car and a stone outbuilding, causing part of the structure to collapse. The court heard the incident was a revenge attack motivated by anger and jealousy.

A man from Bradford was found guilty of multiple counts of sexual activity with a child.