Man jailed after being caught with schoolgirl
A man suspected of grooming a schoolgirl for sex has been jailed after being caught with her when he had an order against any contact.
Arfan Ghulzar was arrested on June 25 last year after the 14-year-old was reported missing from her Birmingham home.
Detectives discovered the 27-year-old had been messaging the girl and when they raided his flat in Southacre Avenue, Highgate, found items of her clothing and evidence of sexual activity.
Some of her clothing was sent away for forensic analysis and, weeks later, returned a DNA hit to Ghulzar.
Officers did not have enough evidence to charge Ghulzar at the time of his arrest – but they managed to secure an Interim Sexual Risk Order (SRO) through the courts prohibiting him from contacting the girl.
And in the early hours of October 21, West Midlands Police patrol cops stopped Ghulzar in a vehicle, and found the teenager alongside him in the passenger seat.
He was arrested on suspicion of child abduction and breaching the SRO – and on January 18 was jailed for 15 months after admitting the offences.
Ghulzar was also made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years – banning him from unsupervised contact with girls under the age of 16 – and be required to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years.
The judge also told Ghulzar he could expect to be deported from the UK following his time behind bars.
