Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Thursday, 21st November 2024, at 17:00hrs
Khan is a dangerous sex offender who has now been jailed and made to sign the sex offenders register for life
A sex offender who broke into a Huddersfield home and sexually assaulted a child has been jailed.
Saqib Khan (40) of Hanson Lane in Huddersfield was sentenced to ten years in prison at Leeds Crown Court today (Thursday November 21st ) for sexually assaulting a child aged under 10 in an incident on April 20th.
The 40-year-old had been found guilty of sexual assault at a trial in October.
Leeds Crown Court heard that Khan had made his way into the family home during the evening of April 20th , entered the child’s bedroom and committed a sexual assault.
The victim’s relatives heard a disturbance but were unable to gain entry to the room.
Instead the child’s father rang 999, went outside and then summoned help from two police officers who were passing the address.
They forced entry into the room and restrained and arrested Khan.
He was swiftly charged with a sexual assault offence following the incident.
The 40-year-old will have to sign on the Sex Offenders register for life following his release from prison and was made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
This order will make him subject to immediate arrest and prosecution if he breaches any of the terms set, on his release from prison.
Detective Inspector Tal Laher of Kirklees District Police Safeguarding Unit , said:
“This has been a shocking offence in which Saqib Khan put his victim and parents through what would be any family’s worst nightmare.
“There is no doubt he is a highly dangerous sexual offender, and his offending could have been even worse had he not been restrained by two police constables who saw the child’s father on the street and intervened.
“Their swift action in detaining the male while also providing care and support to a distraught family should be commended.”
He added: “We hope seeing Khan jailed today will bring some measure of comfort to his victim and family and I want to praise them for their courage in supporting the prosecution.
“Sexual offences are always investigated by specially trained detectives and with the needs of victims at the heart of each and every investigation.”
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