A Sudanese man who abducted a five-year-old girl from a residential street and sexually assaulted her inside his home has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Mohammed Abdulraziq, 32, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence, sexual assault, and assault.
The incident took place on March 30, 2025. The young girl had been outside playing while her mother spoke with a neighbor nearby. For a short moment, fewer than 10 seconds, the mother looked away. When she turned back, her daughter was gone.
According to evidence presented in court, Abdulraziq grabbed the child from the street and took her into his terraced home. Her mother and the neighbor immediately began searching the area, checking a park and a nearby shop.
When they returned to the street, the mother heard her daughter crying. The sound was coming from inside a house. Two men forced their way into the property and restrained Abdulraziq until officers from West Midlands Police arrived.
When rescuers reached the girl, the court heard her cycling shorts had been pulled down to her ankles. Abdulraziq’s lower clothing was also around his ankles, and he was positioned bent over the child near a bed.
During sentencing, Judge Kerry Maylin told the court the defendant had approached the girl’s mother earlier that day while intoxicated. Jurors heard Abdulraziq had been drinking beer and smoking a synthetic cannabis substance prior to the incident. Judge Maylin said he made “sexualised comments” to the child’s mother.
“She then returned to speak to her neighbour. She kept a close eye on her daughter throughout,” Maylin said.
The judge described the victim as a “little girl happily playing in the street.”
She added: “While you cannot be seen on the footage I am sure you encouraged the girl to enter your home and took her to your bedroom and the door was locked. It is perhaps fortunate that your room overlooked the street.”
In a victim impact statement, the child’s mother said the ordeal had caused lasting trauma for both her and her daughter. The judge relayed that the girl’s “cries of distress and helplessness” would continue to haunt her.
The court also heard that the child had changed significantly following the attack, going from a “happy, confident child into one with complex behavioural needs.”
Detective Sergeant Nicky Simms of West Midlands Police said: “Abdulraziq was a predatory individual who took a young girl off the street and into his house. Fortunately, incidents of this nature are rare.”
Mohammed Abdulraziq, 32, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence, sexual assault, and assault.
The incident took place on March 30, 2025. The young girl had been outside playing while her mother spoke with a neighbor nearby. For a short moment, fewer than 10 seconds, the mother looked away. When she turned back, her daughter was gone.
According to evidence presented in court, Abdulraziq grabbed the child from the street and took her into his terraced home. Her mother and the neighbor immediately began searching the area, checking a park and a nearby shop.
When they returned to the street, the mother heard her daughter crying. The sound was coming from inside a house. Two men forced their way into the property and restrained Abdulraziq until officers from West Midlands Police arrived.
When rescuers reached the girl, the court heard her cycling shorts had been pulled down to her ankles. Abdulraziq’s lower clothing was also around his ankles, and he was positioned bent over the child near a bed.
During sentencing, Judge Kerry Maylin told the court the defendant had approached the girl’s mother earlier that day while intoxicated. Jurors heard Abdulraziq had been drinking beer and smoking a synthetic cannabis substance prior to the incident. Judge Maylin said he made “sexualised comments” to the child’s mother.
“She then returned to speak to her neighbour. She kept a close eye on her daughter throughout,” Maylin said.
The judge described the victim as a “little girl happily playing in the street.”
She added: “While you cannot be seen on the footage I am sure you encouraged the girl to enter your home and took her to your bedroom and the door was locked. It is perhaps fortunate that your room overlooked the street.”
In a victim impact statement, the child’s mother said the ordeal had caused lasting trauma for both her and her daughter. The judge relayed that the girl’s “cries of distress and helplessness” would continue to haunt her.
The court also heard that the child had changed significantly following the attack, going from a “happy, confident child into one with complex behavioural needs.”
Detective Sergeant Nicky Simms of West Midlands Police said: “Abdulraziq was a predatory individual who took a young girl off the street and into his house. Fortunately, incidents of this nature are rare.”
