A convicted Rotherham child rapist who violently degraded his victims has been sentenced to two more years for an indecent assault on another girl in Rotherham in the early 2000s.
Ishtiaq Khaliq, 40, stole a teenage girl’s phone and would not return it unless she performed a sex act in the stairwell of a Rotherham block of flats.
The operation was launched after a set of Government reports found that over 1,400 children had been sexually abused by gangs in the South Yorkshire town.
Rotherham grooming gang leader, Ishtiaq Khaliq, admits to raping girl aged 13
NCAKhaliq was previously jailed for 17 years in 2016 for rape and three counts of sexual assault alongside seven other men.
Sheffield Crown Court heard at the time how the gang “sexually degraded” their victims and subjected them “to acts of a degrading and violent nature.”
He pleaded guilty to the new charges at a hearing in November.
NCA Operations Manager Stuart Cobb said that Khaliq was a “serial sex offender who intimidated his victims.”
Rotherham abuse gangs: NCA to halt ‘new investigations’ from 2024Lynne CameronHe added: “I pay tribute to all those who have had the courage to come forward and tell us what he did to them.
“Supporting victims remains our number one priority, and we remain determined to seek justice for as many as possible.”
