Leila Kassam Leytonstone Paedophile

Leila Kassam Leytonstone PaedophileLeila Kassam Leytonstone Paedophile

Back in 2016, Leila Kassam, a Leytonstone Paedophile who fled to Spain after being found guilty of taking part in a child sex ring, was jailed.

Leila Kassam, now 40, of Mornington Road, Leytonstone, was jailed at Blackfriars Crown Court today (Monday, December 12) for four years.

She admitted having sex with a 15-year-old girl and arranging a child sex offence in June this year before fleeing the country while on bail.

Leila Kassam and her partner, Paul Silverthorn, 36, also of Mornington Road, had sex with the girl after she was introduced to them by a fixer in 2014.

Paul Silverthorn tied the victim to a bed after she was given the legal high 5-NEO at a party in Coventry House, Haymarket, before Leila Kassam molested her.

Leila Kassam and Paul Silverthorn also sexually abused a second 15-year-old girl, while Paul Silverthorn took explicit photos of the teenager.

Leila Kassam escaped to Spain before she was sentenced and worked on a farm in Ibiza over the summer months.

Leila Kassam and ex-boyfriend Paul Silverthorn went on the run in June.

The farm owner contacted police after seeing Crimewatch and Crimestoppers appeals online.

A European Arrest Warrant was executed by the Guardia Civil in Spain, and Leila Kassam was flown back to the UK on December 9.

In another Metropolitan Police cock up, Paul Silverthorn is still on the run following his conviction.

He is also wanted for administering a substance to a second 16-year-old victim, possessing prohibited images of a child and distributing indecent photographs of a child.

He was sentenced to nine years behind bars in absentia.

Faham Jaffer, 33, of High Street, Colliers Wood, and Daniel Trinnaman, 20, of Ventnor Avenue, Stanmore, were jailed in June for their parts in the plot.

Daniel Trinnaman was sentenced for sexual activity with a child and perverting the course of justice by sending threatening Facebook messages, while Faham Jaffer was found guilty of having sex with a child.


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