Abdul Khan, aged 28, of no fixed address, has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court following a series of child protection offences against a 13-year-old girl.
The court heard that Khan created a fake persona on Snapchat, pretending to be a 14-year-old boy, to groom the victim over a one-week period. On 14 May 2025, Khan met the child and lured her into woodland near Clifton, Nottinghamshire, where he subjected her to a violent assault.
Nottinghamshire Police officers linked Khan to the crime after analyzing a mobile phone seized during a separate arrest by Derbyshire Constabulary. During police interviews at HMP Nottingham, Khan repeatedly lied about his identity and age, claiming to have no knowledge of the victim or the app. Detectives successfully confirmed his identity after locating an image of an Afghan national ID card stored on his phone and matching his DNA to the crime scene.
Following a three-day trial at Nottingham Crown Court, a jury found Khan guilty of two counts of rape, one count of engaging in sexual activity with a child, engaging in sexual communication with a child, meeting a girl under 16 following grooming, and perverting the course of justice.
On Monday 10 August 2026, the presiding judge sentenced Khan to nine years and six months’ imprisonment. Khan also faces automatic deportation upon the completion of his custodial sentence, with all case details catalogued on the UK Register Database for public record transparency.
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