Driver who targeted 10 teenage girls in half hour jailed

[RobbieTheTruth]

Adnan Khan pleaded guilty to harassment and sexual communication with a child.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

[BikeBikeBIke]

That really is chilling. Respect to the girls who kept their wits about them and must have provided good evidence.

The sentence is utterly insane. 15 months?

[milesgiles]

30 previous convictions

[Gareth79]

I get that a barrister has a job to do, but the mitigation seems to be taking the mick

article said:

"These offences were never attempted kidnap. The height of it was he was inviting them to get in his car. He never got out of the car, he never touched them. [...] They were stupid and inappropriate but absolutely nothing was going to come of the comments and no one was at risk. He was making ill-advised compliments, if that's what they can be called, and asking if they wanted to go in his car."

And

article said:

Miss Hirst said Khan has since got married and he now has a baby.

[rodericb]

Gareth79 said:

I get that a barrister has a job to do, but the mitigation seems to be taking the mick

article said:

"These offences were never attempted kidnap. The height of it was he was inviting them to get in his car. He never got out of the car, he never touched them. [...] They were stupid and inappropriate but absolutely nothing was going to come of the comments and no one was at risk. He was making ill-advised compliments, if that's what they can be called, and asking if they wanted to go in his car."

And

article said:

Miss Hirst said Khan has since got married and he now has a baby.

It took the cops four and a half years go charge the guy. Trying to sweep more groomy activities under the carpet but for the vigour by the public to act on these crimes?

[Mrr T]

rodericb said:

Gareth79 said:

I get that a barrister has a job to do, but the mitigation seems to be taking the mick

article said:

"These offences were never attempted kidnap. The height of it was he was inviting them to get in his car. He never got out of the car, he never touched them. [...] They were stupid and inappropriate but absolutely nothing was going to come of the comments and no one was at risk. He was making ill-advised compliments, if that's what they can be called, and asking if they wanted to go in his car."

And

article said:

Miss Hirst said Khan has since got married and he now has a baby.

It took the cops four and a half years go charge the guy. Trying to sweep more groomy activities under the carpet but for the vigour by the public to act on these crimes?

The articles does not mention when the case file was submitted so unclear if the delay was the police or CPS.

[Vanden Saab]

Mrr T said:

rodericb said:

Gareth79 said:

I get that a barrister has a job to do, but the mitigation seems to be taking the mick

article said:

"These offences were never attempted kidnap. The height of it was he was inviting them to get in his car. He never got out of the car, he never touched them. [...] They were stupid and inappropriate but absolutely nothing was going to come of the comments and no one was at risk. He was making ill-advised compliments, if that's what they can be called, and asking if they wanted to go in his car."

And

article said:

Miss Hirst said Khan has since got married and he now has a baby.

It took the cops four and a half years go charge the guy. Trying to sweep more groomy activities under the carpet but for the vigour by the public to act on these crimes?

The articles does not mention when the case file was submitted so unclear if the delay was the police or CPS.

It is sad when you find yourself thinking it could have been either or even both of them. He was arrested the same day it happened ffs.

[Zero Fuchs]

Gareth79 said:

I get that a barrister has a job to do, but the mitigation seems to be taking the mick

article said:

"These offences were never attempted kidnap. The height of it was he was inviting them to get in his car. He never got out of the car, he never touched them. [...] They were stupid and inappropriate but absolutely nothing was going to come of the comments and no one was at risk. He was making ill-advised compliments, if that's what they can be called, and asking if they wanted to go in his car."

And

article said:

Miss Hirst said Khan has since got married and he now has a baby.

Meh. Just sounds like cat calling.

[Mrr T]

Vanden Saab said:

Mrr T said:

rodericb said:

Gareth79 said:

I get that a barrister has a job to do, but the mitigation seems to be taking the mick

article said:

"These offences were never attempted kidnap. The height of it was he was inviting them to get in his car. He never got out of the car, he never touched them. [...] They were stupid and inappropriate but absolutely nothing was going to come of the comments and no one was at risk. He was making ill-advised compliments, if that's what they can be called, and asking if they wanted to go in his car."

And

article said:

Miss Hirst said Khan has since got married and he now has a baby.

It took the cops four and a half years go charge the guy. Trying to sweep more groomy activities under the carpet but for the vigour by the public to act on these crimes?

The articles does not mention when the case file was submitted so unclear if the delay was the police or CPS.

It is sad when you find yourself thinking it could have been either or even both of them. He was arrested the same day it happened ffs.

So????

He was arrested does not mean the file was immediately sent to the CPS.

[BikeBikeBIke]

rodericb said:

It took the cops four and a half years go charge the guy. Trying to sweep more groomy activities under the carpet but for the vigour by the public to act on these crimes?

It's a bit of a tangent but I'm not sure "groomy" does this justice. If he'd got one of these girls into his car I very much doubt he'd have let them out alive to tell the police what had happened.

[CorradoTDI]

I see he played the race card too - what a Khunt!

[Jasandjules]

So we are still looking at jailing people for hurty words on the internet for longer than people who do this? Well, great.

[paulw123]

Jasandjules said:

So we are still looking at jailing people for hurty words on the internet for longer than people who do this? Well, great.

It wasn't even hurty words really, more an ill advised online rant.
Still got double the sentence this got.

[J4CKO]

I hope he has a pleasant time in jail, and absolutely doesnt walk into the wrong area full of meatheads who know what he is in for, that would be terrible !

[Gareth79]

Zero Fuchs said:

Meh. Just sounds like cat calling.

I guess you are ok with this? (these are all different victims)

"As she waited to cross a road, the defendant stopped his car alongside her and repeatedly asked her for her name."

"16-year-old girls were walking to school together, along with a third female pupil. Khan pulled alongside and was heard to shout, “Girl in the middle, come here, come here”. The three girls ignored him and carried on their way to school..."

"...the defendant pulled alongside. Mr Bunch said: "He shouted across to the two to ‘get in the car’, repeating this a number of times in an aggressive manner"

"...one of the girls) moved towards the car, but the defendant then asked her how long she had had braces. Realising that the defendant was not seeking assistance, the two girls walked off, but the defendant continued to follow them in his car, repeatedly shouting towards them"

"...two girls aged 14 and 13 who were walking to school with some male pupils. Khan pulled alongside them in his car and spoke to the girls, referring to them as ‘gorgeous’ and ‘beautiful’. ... initially referring to them in similar terms to his initial approach, before changing tack and saying that he was going to ‘s**g’ them and make the two girls perform (a sex act) on the boys."

[Chris Peacock]

Gareth79 said:

Zero Fuchs said:

Meh. Just sounds like cat calling.

I guess you are ok with this? (these are all different victims)

"As she waited to cross a road, the defendant stopped his car alongside her and repeatedly asked her for her name."

"16-year-old girls were walking to school together, along with a third female pupil. Khan pulled alongside and was heard to shout, “Girl in the middle, come here, come here”. The three girls ignored him and carried on their way to school..."

"...the defendant pulled alongside. Mr Bunch said: "He shouted across to the two to ‘get in the car’, repeating this a number of times in an aggressive manner"

"...one of the girls) moved towards the car, but the defendant then asked her how long she had had braces. Realising that the defendant was not seeking assistance, the two girls walked off, but the defendant continued to follow them in his car, repeatedly shouting towards them"

"...two girls aged 14 and 13 who were walking to school with some male pupils. Khan pulled alongside them in his car and spoke to the girls, referring to them as ‘gorgeous’ and ‘beautiful’. ... initially referring to them in similar terms to his initial approach, before changing tack and saying that he was going to ‘s**g’ them and make the two girls perform (a sex act) on the boys."

Don't take the bait !

[JuanCarlosFandango]

Nearly half as bad as a nasty tweet!

[98elise]

Zero Fuchs said:

Meh. Just sounds like cat calling.

"Just" cat calling children? You might find that acceptable, I don't.

As the guy has 30 previous convictions I think he should have got a much longer sentence.

[sugerbear]

Weird there has been no threads with a mention of this chap on the forum today https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20662dxl88o

[bitchstewie]

sugerbear said:

Weird there has been no threads with a mention of this chap on the forum today https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20662dxl88o

I posted yesterday about a couple of politicians charged or guilty of child sex offences.

Not a sausage.

Wonder what the difference is.

Save are girls.