In 2026, 26-year-old Rabhar Zaman, formerly of High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, dodged jail after being caught with a depraved digital library of child abuse and bestiality files. The investigation established that Zaman was intercepted by Cheshire Police in November 2023, with the case subsequently transferred to Staffordshire Police for an enforcement arrest in February 2024. The prosecution reported at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court that digital forensics teams extracted nine sexually explicit images of children, three underage pornographic videos depicting toddlers as young as three, and extreme pornography featuring sex with animals from his mobile phones, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the 26-year-old.
SENTENCING — In May 2026, the judiciary at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court imposed a two-year community order after Zaman entered guilty pleas to making indecent photos of a child across categories A, B, and C, and possessing extreme pornographic images portraying intercourse with an animal. The court heard that Zaman, who now resides in Surrey, was actively involved in an illicit network on the Telegram messaging app, where he engaged in conversations identifying himself as a child abuser. Alongside his community sentence, which includes 200 hours of unpaid work and 30 rehabilitation activity days, Judge Richard McConaghy subjected Zaman to a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and placed him on the sex offenders register.
- OFFENCES: Pleaded guilty to making indecent photos of a child across categories A, B, and C, and possessing extreme pornography featuring sexual acts with an animal.
- OUTCOME: Handed a two-year community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
- NATURE OF OFFENCE: The offender utilized global encrypted communication networks as a mechanical necessity to source, view, and compile extreme child sexual abuse media and animal degradation files. He actively participated in dedicated digital chat rooms to solicit material depicting toddlers aged three and four, perpetuating the commercial market for child exploitation while falsely claiming to have no sexual attraction to minors.
- LOCATION OF OFFENCES: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire / West Midlands (latterly operating from Surrey).
- PROFILE: Rabhar Zaman, 26. He is documented as a dangerous digital child predator and extreme pornography consumer whose forensic history involves the active pursuit of highly illicit material.
- UK SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER: Subject to mandatory sex offender notification and tracking frameworks managed under public protection guidelines following his crown court conviction.
- COURT PROCEEDINGS: Final disposition completed at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court following a joint digital tracking operation by Cheshire Police and Staffordshire Police.
- CRIMINAL RECORD: Registered sex offender and convicted digital predator subject to active multi-year court orders and community restrictions in 2026.
- ORIGIN OF OFFENDER: Formerly of High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent; currently living in Surrey.
QUESTION – Given that “a consumer of child abuse material used encrypted applications to access videos of three-year-old children but avoided an immediate prison sentence through a community order,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Individuals Convicted of Making Category A Images of Toddlers” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Whole-Life Incarceration Without Parole” to prevent a series of assaults?
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