Bradford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 423 verdicts at Bradford Crown Court (Bradford). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Date Not Specified 23 cases

Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal

Rape *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

Sexually abused and exploited girls aged 13 to 16 in Calderdale between 2006 and 2009.

Found guilty of rape.

1 Jan 0001

Mohammed Ziarab

Rape *

Sentence

10 years imprisonment

Repeated sexual abuse of a vulnerable girl in Calderdale between 2002 and 2006, starting when she was 13.

Found guilty of rape.

1 Jan 0001

Raymond Keeley

Sexual offences *

Sentence

17 years imprisonment

Raymond Keeley committed sexual offences against a young girl in the Philippines between 2009 and 2010. The victim came forward after Keeley was sentenced for breaching the terms of his sex offender order. The case was investigated by the Bradford District Safeguarding Unit.

Registered sex offender who breached terms of his order by fleeing to the Philippines. Previously convicted in 2012 of sexually assaulting a child and sentenced to three years in 2017 for breaching his order.

1 Jan 0001

Sarfraz Rabnawaz

Rape *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

Repeated sexual abuse of a vulnerable girl in Calderdale between 2002 and 2006, starting when she was 13.

Found guilty of two counts of rape.

1 Jan 0001

Saquab Hussain

Rape *

Sentence

7 years and 6 months imprisonment

Repeated sexual abuse of a vulnerable girl in Calderdale between 2002 and 2006, starting when she was 13.

Found guilty of rape.

1 Jan 0001

Sajid Adalat

Rape *

Sentence

7 years imprisonment

Sexually abused and exploited girls aged 13 to 16 in Calderdale between 2006 and 2009.

Found guilty of rape.

1 Jan 0001

Saeed Najam Shah

Criminal damage *

Sentence

20 months imprisonment

On April 2 2024, Julian Gao, Saeed Najam Shah and Daniel Jones used an angle-grinder to cut through a security fence at Teledyne UK Ltd in Shipley before causing about £570,000 worth of damage to the roof and interior. The firm has been linked to weapons manufacture. The group changed into red boiler suits, carried sledgehammers, ladders, crowbars, flags and banners. Emergency services implemented a containment plan as protesters refused to leave the roof; drone footage showed them smashing roof tiles and windows. The attack affected 100 employees and closed the site for a week.

Convicted by jury of criminal damage and possession of articles with intent to cause criminal damage. Judge Ahmed Nadim described the offending as deliberate, planned and sustained, causing substantial damage and serious disruption. Seriousness meant only immediate prison sentences appropriate.

1 Jan 0001

Omar Safdar

Rape *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Omar Safdar was part of a gang that subjected an extremely vulnerable teenager from Keighley, West Yorkshire, to a campaign of rape between 2009 and 2010. The men plied her with drugs and alcohol and systematically and repeatedly abused her, leaving her with long-standing psychological problems including PTSD.

Convicted of three counts of rape following a trial.

1 Jan 0001

Nadeem Nassir

Rape *

Sentence

11 years imprisonment

Sexually abused and exploited girls aged 13 to 16 in Calderdale between 2006 and 2009.

Found guilty of rape and making threats to kill.

1 Jan 0001

Nadeem Adalat

Rape *

Sentence

16 years imprisonment

Sexually abused and exploited girls aged 13 to 16 in Calderdale between 2006 and 2009.

Found guilty of rape; sentence increased to 16 years following appeal.

1 Jan 0001

Paul Malone

Sexually touching a boy under 13 *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Paul Malone, of Stone Street, Allerton, Bradford, BD15, sexually touched a boy under 13 on two occasions at that location. The victim read a statement in court detailing how the abuse ruined his childhood, affected his schooling, caused sleepless nights, and led to struggles forming emotional and physical relationships.

Convicted by a jury of two counts of sexually touching a boy under 13. Previously served five and a half years imprisonment in 2017 for similar offences against another child. Subject to indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and must sign on sex offender register for life. Judge commented on his unnatural sexual interest in young boys. Mitigation included being sole carer for ill mother.

1 Jan 0001

Sundas Alam

Sending threatening messages *

Sentence

3.5 years imprisonment

A woman who made death threats against Bradford MP Naz Shah.

Not stated

1 Jan 0001

Stuart Bedford

Running illegal waste operations *

Sentence

12 months and 8 months custody to be served concurrently

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.

Did not have required environmental permit. Arrested in Spain after international arrest warrants issued. Judge HHJ Gibson commented on deliberate breach of law, experience in tyre storage, recklessness regarding fire risk, and valuing tyres at £1 million.

1 Jan 0001

Shazad Nazir

Rape *

Sentence

11 years imprisonment

Sexually abused and exploited girls aged 13 to 16 in Calderdale between 2006 and 2009.

Found guilty of rape.

1 Jan 0001

Shafiq Ali Rafiq

Rape *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Repeated sexual abuse of a vulnerable girl in Calderdale between 2002 and 2006, starting when she was 13.

Found guilty of two counts of rape.

1 Jan 0001

Shamoon Arshad

Sexual harassment *

Sentence

12 months imprisonment

Shamoon Arshad, 33, from Heaton, sexually harassed a woman in her own home.

Not stated.

1 Jan 0001

Shahzad Nowaz

Rape *

Sentence

11 years imprisonment

Sexually abused and exploited girls aged 13 to 16 in Calderdale between 2006 and 2009.

Found guilty of rape and making threats to kill.

1 Jan 0001

Tyrell Robinson

Sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

three-and-a-half years imprisonment

Tyrell Robinson and his friend Korie Berman met three 14-year-olds at his flat in Bradford in August 2018. Robinson knew the girls' ages and had sex with one of them in his bedroom. He also took a photo of Berman in bed with the two other girls and shared it with him. The girls had been given alcohol and had little or no recollection of events, becoming violently ill afterwards. Robinson was suspended by Bradford City days after and later sacked.

Former Bradford City footballer. Pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child. Placed on sex offenders' register for life. Judge Richard Mansell QC noted victims were immature, naive 14-year-olds vulnerable to grooming.

1 Jan 0001

Usmaan Tasif

Exploitation and cannabis production *

Sentence

Not stated

Zain Bashir and Usmaan Tasif kept a 14-year-old boy as a slave in a cannabis farm in Bradford, exploiting the vulnerable teenager.

Exploited a vulnerable 14-year-old boy by making him work in a cannabis farm in Bradford.

1 Jan 0001

Wasim Mehrban

Assault *

Sentence

3-year community order with 50 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £2,000 compensation and £750 costs

Wasim Mehrban, 25, of Heidelberg Road, Bradford, attacked his secret partner in a drug-fuelled rage at an Airbnb property in Bradford after drinking and taking nitrous oxide. When she tried to leave, he blocked the door, shouted and swore, grabbed her by the neck, threw her across the room into a television, punched and kicked her, then ran off claiming she had attacked him.

Pleaded guilty to assault. No previous convictions. Judge expressed concern over minimising guilt and misogynistic attitude, warned of prison for any breach.

1 Jan 0001

Zain Bashir

Exploitation and cannabis production *

Sentence

Not stated

Zain Bashir and Usmaan Tasif kept a 14-year-old boy as a slave in a cannabis farm in Bradford, exploiting the vulnerable teenager.

Exploited a vulnerable 14-year-old boy by making him work in a cannabis farm in Bradford.

1 Jan 0001

Vaseem Adalat

Rape *

Sentence

14 years and 6 months imprisonment

Sexually abused and exploited girls aged 13 to 16 in Calderdale between 2006 and 2009.

Found guilty of rape; sentence increased following appeal.

1 Jan 0001

Vicky Bedford

Involvement in illegal waste operations *

Sentence

12-month community order and 15 days rehabilitation activity requirement

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.

Involvement at the illegal waste sites. Arrested in Spain after international arrest warrants issued.

1 Jan 0001

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