A PAEDOPHILE who was ‘bored, depressed and craving company’ has been jailed after he pressured a schoolgirl to meet up in a Cumbria park following online grooming.
Malik Abdulhasan, 25, added the girl randomly on Snapchat and demanded that she send him sexual photographs of herself, Preston Crown Court heard.
When he was arrested, he was found with indecent images of children and having search terms such as: ‘Incest teen porn’ and ‘How many years in prison for sleeping with underage girl in UK’.
Prosecutor Lewis Bocking said the defendant quickly engaged in a ‘highly sexualised conversation’ requesting her to send pictures of her buttocks.
Mr Bocking told the court Abdulhasan pretended to be 18 years old before asking the girl, who made it clear she was a minor: ‘Are you or a virgin or what’.
He then asked her to meet up at the weekend. When she declined, he said she could gain his trust by continuing to chat and then they would have sex.
"We can keep it a secret between the two of us," Abdulhasan told the girl.
"I look like a kid anyway. Why would we get into trouble if all we were doing is meeting up."
Mr Bocking continued: “The defendant told her he would give her a TV and buy her an iPhone, gifts and food.
“She told him about her mental health struggles. He told her he would prefer to chat in real life.
“She arranged to meet him the following day at a park in Millom as it was a public place. She told the defendant her friend would come and that she was ‘good at keeping secrets’.”
The court heard Abdulhasan travelled from Manchester to the location.
“At the park, he provided her with a vape and told them both to get into the car so he could take them somewhere secluded,” the prosecutor said.
The victims instead declined and purposely misdirected the defendant away from the park so they could escape, the court heard.
Later that evening, Abdulhasan added the girl’s friend on Snapchat. He asked her to send him a picture of her naked in the bathroom.
"Why do you want a kid to flash you?", she told the defendant.
The defendant responded: ‘Karma is a b****. What comes around comes back around’.
Abdulhasan, of Glaister Lane, Bolton, was arrested two months later.
His phone was seized and forensically examined by specialist officers.
Mr Bocking said police found 23 category A images, 11 category B images, 19 category C images, as well as three extreme pornographic images.
They also analysed his search history.
The court heard the terms including ‘Teen porn age five to seven’, ‘incest teen leaks’ and ‘how many years in prison for in UK for sleeping with underage girl’ were searched.
He was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to counts of meeting a girl under 16 years of age following grooming; engaging in sexual communications with a child (x2); making indecent images of children (x3) and possession of extreme pornographic images.
Abdulhasan was represented in court by barrister Emily Wilson.
“He is sorry about the way he has behaved,” Ms Wilson said.
“At the time of the offences, he was desperately seeking human interaction. He was unemployed, sat in his room all day and was lonely and depressed. It does not excuse his behaviour.
“He has not committed any further offences. That is some of the most compelling mitigation.
“Since being bailed he has taken steps to turn his life around. He now has full-time employment. It should steer him away from spending time online.
"He was 23 to 24-years-old at the time. You may feel his maturity was continuing to develop.”
His Honour Judge Darren Preston jailed Abdulhasan for 45 months.
Judge Preston told the defendant: “You are a paedophile and a man with a sexual interest in children.
“Your responsibility for your actions is non-existent. You say you didn’t do much wrong because you did not kill or rape anyone, which is dangerous in the extreme.
“I accept you were bored, lonely, depressed and craving company. However, you are in complete denial on what you have done and who you are.”
Judge Preston also made Abdulhasan the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and notification requirements for seven years, as well as a five-year restraining order.
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