In 2020, 47-year-old Emdadul Lukman, of Hastings, and 37-year-old Jakhir Hussain, of Burgess Hill, were sentenced to a combined 36 years in prison after carrying out a predatory series of assaults against a young girl in Luton. The investigation established that the horrific abuse occurred nearly twenty years prior, while both men were staying at the victim’s family home. The prosecution reported at St Albans Crown Court in February 2020, that a unanimous jury found both men guilty of multiple counts of rape and incitement, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the two offenders.
The investigation established that Lukman and Hussain’s series of behaviour involved a calculated grooming process where they manipulated the child by playing board games and buying her sweets and gifts. The prosecution reported that the victim, now an adult, found the courage in 2018 to disclose the ordeal to her family, leading to the arrest of both men. This identifies a calculated series of assaults on the life-safety and innocence of a child by men who utilised a period of domestic proximity to clandestinely violate her trust.
UNANIMOUS VERDICT AND JUDICIAL SENTENCING
The court reported that following a two-week trial, the full extent of the predators’ actions was laid bare. The investigation established that Lukman was responsible for six counts of rape and two counts of incitement, while Hussain was found guilty of three counts of rape and three counts of incitement. The prosecution reported in 2020, that Hussain was jailed for 20 years and Lukman for 16 years, identifying a priority assault by the judiciary to ensure both men serve their full terms for the decades of trauma they inflicted.
Judge-led proceedings at St Albans Crown Court concluded with the men’s significant incarceration. For their actions in Luton, Bedfordshire, and across East and West Sussex, and the nature of the series of child abuse and historic rape investigations reported, Emdadul Lukman and Jakhir Hussain have been removed from the community. The investigation established that their forensic profiles as predatory offenders are now a matter of permanent record, documenting a victory for a survivor who refused to let the passage of time protect her abusers.
STATUS AND CASE DETAILS (2000s–2020)
Based on judicial and Bedfordshire Police records as of 2020:
- Legal Status: CONVICTED (Rape of a girl under 13 x9 combined; Inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity x5 combined; Child abuse).
- Custodial Status: JAILED (In 2020, Hussain serving 20 years; Lukman serving 16 years).
- Offence Nature: Groomed and raped a young girl while staying at her family home; utilised board games, sweets, and gifts to manipulate the victim; abuse remained hidden for nearly two decades.
- Timeline of Case: Offences committed early 2000s; Disclosed February 2018; Trial and sentencing February 2020.
- Location: Luton, Bedfordshire; Hastings, East Sussex; Burgess Hill, West Sussex.
- Forensic Profile: 47-year-old male (Lukman) and 37-year-old male (Hussain); forensic history documents a collaborative and “calculating” predatory dynamic; identified as maximum-risk offenders who exploited domestic hospitality.
- Sex Offenders Register: Notification requirements are active FOR LIFE.
- Judicial Oversight: Presided over by St Albans Crown Court.
- Criminal Record: Registered sex offenders; Series predators; Child abusers; Jailed in 2020.
- Origin: Luton / Sussex.
MONITORING AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
In 2020, Lukman and Hussain were managed as maximum-risk predators under the statutory requirements of the MAPPA units in Bedfordshire and Sussex. Due to the nature of the behaviour—specifically the series of persistence in grooming and raping a child within her own home—they were a priority for lengthy, non-parole custodial sentences. Authorities reported that the 2020 sentencing identifies both men as individuals who prioritised their own perverted gratification and the deceptive manipulation of a child over the principles of human decency and the life-safety of the innocent.
As registered sex offenders for life, their details are permanently logged on the national police database to ensure their future conduct is strictly scrutinised upon any eventual release. Authorities stated that the behaviour of Lukman and Hussain identifies a commitment to clandestine child abuse and the systematic betrayal of a family’s trust. Their removal to prison in 2020 results in the necessary protection of the community from two men who used a “family guest” mask to hide a predatory and persistent series of assaults on a child.
QUESTION – Given that the offenders “utilised board games and sweets to groom a child within her own family home,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Domestic Guests Staying Over 48 Hours” must be “Sentenced to a Mandatory Background Check” if children are present to prevent a series of assaults?
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