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| Edinburgh mosque teacher jailed for abusing young girls | |
| 2008-12-19 | |
| A mosque teacher who subjected two young girls to an ordeal of sex abuse at Koran lessons was jailed for seven years today. Mahmood Qadri began preying on the children during the 1990s while supposedly helping the pupils learn the sacred book of Islam. A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh was told that Qadri aged 60, still maintained he had been wrongly convicted of child abuse charges. But temporary judge John Morris QC told him: "Because of the gravity of the crimes of which you were convicted a custodial sentence is the only appropriate disposal in your case." He said: "Because you have been convicted of sexual offences I am concerned that the public, and in particular young children, are adequately protected from serious harm from you when you are eventually released." The judge ordered that Qadri should be kept under supervision for a further two years and warned if he breached it he could be brought back to court. He also ruled that first offender Qadri should be placed on the sex offenders' register for life. Bearded, bespectacled Qadri had denied two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour committed at Polwarth Mosque, at Temple Park Crescent, in Edinburgh, but was earlier convicted of the offences by a jury. He began molesting the first child in January 1995 and the abuse continued until September 1998 during which time he kissed and carried out sex acts on the girl. The second girl was molested by Qadri at the mosque from January 1997 until September the following year. The victims, now 19, told his trial that he abused them in a bedroom at the mosque during Koran lessons. One told the court that the abuse occurred every day she attended at the mosque. She said it was only later that she first revealed what had occurred as she had previously been scared and thought "people would laugh" at her. Qadri, from Manchester, had originally been due to appear in court in 2005 but had gone to Pakistan to carry out "relief work" following an earthquake. He was detained in May this year when authorities held him in Germany. Defence counsel Sarah Livingstone said there had clearly been "a breach of trust". She said Qadri accepted the decision of the court but added: "It is his position he had been wrongly convicted." "He said he has no intention of ever teaching children again. That is not something that is going to happen because of the sex offenders' register and because of the organisation of the mosque," she said. She asked the judge to consider Qadri as posing a low risk and to exercise as much leniency as he could. Miss Livingstone said he did not keep the "best of health" and had a history of diabetes. "He had carried out charity work in Pakistan and that symbolises his service to the community. He tells me throughout his life he has worked to help the poor in Pakistan," she said.
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| Posted by:ryuge |
| #14 Noble cause, Jolutch. Poor piggies.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-19 23:19 |
| #13 Nothing against pigs, Barbara. It's the fact that such a fate would cause this worthless slimeball to know he would be barred from his pedophile prophet's vision of heaven that I like. Pigs are just a means to an end. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-19 22:48 |
| #12 doubtful, but nice 1990's snark |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-12-19 20:48 |
| #11 Maybe he can become a Catholic priest when he gets out. |
| Posted by: Pharacom Xumpki 2008-12-19 20:47 |
| #10 Whatchoo got against pigs, Jolutch? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-19 18:17 |
| #9 You have a point, Steve. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-19 18:17 |
| #8 SEVEN YEARS!?! This son of a bitch should be fed two .40 S&W cartridges directly to the skull at 150mm distance and his body fed to pigs. His last meal should consist of his own genitals, tartare. Seven years is all but letting him get off scott-free. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-19 17:54 |
| #7 Refreshing. I'm not so sure. Yeah, usually it's young boys (or goats). But (heh) since that is the norm, and this time it's young girls, doesn't that make the whole thing totally perverted? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-12-19 17:20 |
| #6 Why does the mosque need a bedroom? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-12-19 17:15 |
| #5 Refreshing. Usually it's young boys.... >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-19 16:46 |
| #4 The victims, now 19 1995 - 6 years old 1998 - 9 years old Is there anything more islamic? |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-19 13:51 |
| #3 Now that's a surprise (young girls). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-12-19 13:26 |
| #2 Gee, 9 whole years. So he'll be out in 2 with good behavior. Should have cut off his nuts and fed them to the pigs. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-19 12:47 |
| #1 "charity work after the earthquake"? Affiliated with the JuD is he? |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-12-19 08:17 |