Sudanese Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Abducting, Assaulting 5-Year-Old

A Sudanese national has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for abducting a five-year-old girl from a street in Birmingham and sexually assaulting her inside his home. Abdulraziq Mohammed, 38, received the term at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, along with a four-year extended license period, after a jury convicted him of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offense, sexual assault of a child under 13, and assault.

The incident occurred around 2 p.m. on March 30, 2024, in the Winson Green area, where the girl was playing outside while her mother spoke with a neighbor. Court records show Mohammed approached the mother, appearing heavily intoxicated from consuming three cans of beer and smoking synthetic cannabis known as Mamba. He made sexualized comments to her, prompting her to briefly step away to secure her front door before returning to keep watch over her daughter.

In a moment lasting less than 10 seconds when the mother glanced away, Mohammed seized the child and led her into a downstairs room of his house of multiple occupancy, locking the door behind them. There, he pulled down her cycling shorts and his own clothing, positioning himself over her near a...