In 2021, then 46-year-old Mohammed Alam, of Ellenborough, and then 41-year-old Mohammed Amin, formerly of Maryport, were sentenced after carrying out a predatory series of assaults on four female employees. The investigation established that Alam, the owner of the Crown Spice Inn, and Amin, his chef, targetted schoolgirls and a young woman between December 2017 and February 2018. The prosecution reported at Carlisle Crown Court, that the perverted behaviour was uncovered after one of the girls reported the abuse to a teacher, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the then 46-year-old and then 41-year-old.
The investigation established that Alam’s series of behaviour involved following a schoolgirl into a toilet while she changed her shirt and touching her inappropriately under the guise of “tucking her in.” The prosecution reported that he also targetted a second teenager while she was taking down Christmas decorations. This identifies a calculated series of assaults on the life-safety of children, as Amin simultaneously targetted a child with unwanted “kisses and cuddles” and sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman by exposing her cleavage and attempting to force a kiss.
POSITION OF TRUST AND JUDICIAL SENTENCING
The court reported that Amin’s mobile phone contained searches for “teenage pornography,” documenting a pre-existing sexual interest in minors. The investigation established that the victims felt their “innocence had been stolen” and their ability to form future relationships undermined. The prosecution reported in 2021, that Judge Nicholas Barker described the men as perverts who abused their positions of trust, identifying a priority assault by the judiciary to impose nine-month prison sentences, suspended for two years, and placing both men on the Sex Offenders Register for a decade.
Judge-led proceedings at Carlisle Crown Court concluded with the imposition of Sexual Harm Prevention Orders (SHPO) active for ten years. For their actions in Maryport, and across Cumbria, and the nature of the series of child abuse, workplace sexual assault, and predatory grooming investigations reported, Mohammed Alam and Mohammed Amin were documented as high-risk offenders. The investigation established that their forensic profiles as workplace predators are now a matter of permanent record, documenting that they must each perform 180 hours of unpaid work.
STATUS AND CASE DETAILS (2017–2021)
Based on judicial and Cumbria Constabulary records as of 2026:
- Legal Status: CONVICTED (Sexual activity with a child x3; Sexual assault; Child abuse context).
- Custodial Status: SUSPENDED SENTENCE (In 2021, 9 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years).
- Offence Nature: Abused roles as employer and chef to target schoolgirl staff; followed a minor into a toilet to facilitate sexual touching; searched for teenage pornography on digital devices; utilised physical “kisses and cuddles” to groom young employees; exposed a victim’s cleavage under a false pretext.
- Timeline of Case: Offences committed Dec 2017–Feb 2018; Police investigation 2018; Convicted and sentenced 2021.
- Location: Maryport, Ellenborough, Cumbria; Carlisle.
- Forensic Profile: Then 46 and 41-year-old males; restaurant owner and chef; forensic history documents a “calculated and opportunistic” predatory intent within a business setting; identified as offenders who utilised their authority to ogle and take advantage of vulnerable young women.
- Sex Offenders Register: Notification requirements are active for TEN YEARS.
- Judicial Oversight: Presided over by Judge Nicholas Barker at Carlisle Crown Court.
- Criminal Record: Registered sex offenders; Series predators; Child abusers; Sentenced in 2021.
- Origin: Maryport.
MONITORING AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
In 2021, Alam and Amin were managed as high-risk offenders under the statutory requirements of the Cumbria probation and safeguarding units. Due to the nature of the behaviour—specifically the series of persistence in targetting multiple school-aged employees in a professional kitchen environment—they were a priority for long-term monitoring. Authorities reported that the 2021 sentencing identifies Alam and Amin as individuals who prioritised their own perverted gratification and the “ogling” of children over the principles of human decency and the life-safety of their staff.
As registered sex offenders, their details are permanently logged on the national police database to ensure their future conduct and any business ownership involving staff are strictly scrutinised. Authorities stated that the behaviour of Alam and Amin identifies a commitment to clandestine child abuse and the systematic exploitation of young female workers. Their sentencing in 2021 results in the necessary protection of the community from men who used a “restaurant owner and chef” mask to hide a predatory and persistent series of assaults on the innocent.
QUESTION – Given that the offenders “utilised their positions as a restaurant owner and chef to target and sexually assault schoolgirl employees under their care,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Individuals Convicted of Workplace Sexual Abuse Against Minors” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Immediate Incarceration and a Lifetime Ban on Employing Young People” to prevent a series of assaults?
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