A Middlesbrough Paedophile, Raheelah Dar, convicted of sexual charges against a 9-year-old girl contends that she should not be incarcerated, asserting that the embarrassment inflicted upon her family constitutes “sufficient punishment.”
Raheelah Dar, 43, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual offences against a minor, subsequent to the collapse of an arranged marriage.
Ms. Raheelah Dar was convicted of “isolating” and “manipulating” the maltreatment of the girl several years prior.
Alison Pryor, representing Ms. Raheelah Dar, informed the court that her client has experienced mental health challenges.
The Teesside Crown Court in Middlesbrough, UK, noted that these circumstances had “deteriorated” due to two unsuccessful marriages and the demise of Ms. Dar’s daughter in 2008.
Ms. Raheelah Dar refuted all allegations.
She was unanimously convicted of three counts of indecent assault and two charges of indecency with a kid.
Ms. Pryor informed the court that Ms. Raheelah Dar, a Muslim lady convicted of charges against an individual of the same sex, had been ostracised by her community.
Consequently, Ms. Pryor implored Mr. Recorder Tim Roberts QC to contemplate a sanction that “excluded incarceration.”
“The disgrace that this has inflicted and will continue to inflict upon Miss Raheelah Dar and her family cannot be overstated,” she stated.
Mr. Recorder Roberts QC promptly dismissed Ms. Raheelah Dar’s requests for a non-custodial sentence.
“I would be failing in my duties if I did not pass the immediate sentence which I impose today,” he said.
“You targeted her as a victim because she was vulnerable.
“You used this opportunity to corrupt her and to turn her against normal relationships between boys and girls in favour of the sexual relationship for which you were preparing her to have with yourself.”
Prosecutor Christine Egerton told the court the assaults were carried out in an “abuse of trust”.
The court heard that Raheelah Dar, then aged 26, began to groom and abuse the young girl following the failure of her first arranged marriage when she found herself living back with her parents in Middlesbrough.
The female victim is now in her early 20s.
She told the court she had been left “unable to engage with people” after the abuse.
Mr Recorder Roberts told the court that Ms Raheelah Dar was “experimenting” on the child in order to resolve her own internal conflicts about her sexuality.
“She was only nine,” he told Ms Raheelah Dar in the court.
“You were sexually experienced and had been married. She was an innocent. You were crafty.”
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