https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/03/migrant-12-year-old-girl-cover-her-head-sexual-assault/
Migrant, 70, told 12-year-old girl to ‘cover her head’ during sexual assault - Chaudhry Zaman spared jail despite kissing girl and forcibly holding her hand while she was walking home from school
A 70-year-old migrant sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl “while encouraging her to cover her head”, a court has heard. Chaudhry Zaman kissed the girl and forcibly held her hand while she was walking home from school in Slough, Berkshire. He told jurors he was encouraging the girl to cover her head and telling her how she could do so. Zaman, who followed his sentencing hearing with the assistance of a Punjabi interpreter, was spared a jail sentence, in part because of his age.
The prosecutor said the judge had raised a question about Zaman’s immigration status after the trial. He informed the court that he was in the UK lawfully. Judge Nawaz decided not to jail Zaman, agreeing with the author of the pre-sentence report that the defendant’s risk could be “managed in the community”.
Zaman was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, with a requirement to do 80 hours of unpaid work in the community. He was also handed a restraining order for five years that prohibits him from going within 200 metres of the girl’s school and he was ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.
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Migrant, 70, told 12-year-old girl to ‘cover her head’ during sexual assault - Chaudhry Zaman spared jail despite kissing girl and forcibly holding her hand while she was walking home from school
A 70-year-old migrant sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl “while encouraging her to cover her head”, a court has heard. Chaudhry Zaman kissed the girl and forcibly held her hand while she was walking home from school in Slough, Berkshire. He told jurors he was encouraging the girl to cover her head and telling her how she could do so. Zaman, who followed his sentencing hearing with the assistance of a Punjabi interpreter, was spared a jail sentence, in part because of his age.
The prosecutor said the judge had raised a question about Zaman’s immigration status after the trial. He informed the court that he was in the UK lawfully. Judge Nawaz decided not to jail Zaman, agreeing with the author of the pre-sentence report that the defendant’s risk could be “managed in the community”.
Zaman was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, with a requirement to do 80 hours of unpaid work in the community. He was also handed a restraining order for five years that prohibits him from going within 200 metres of the girl’s school and he was ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.
https://archive.ph/33Ejg
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