Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Other Islamic authority or family context Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · 2025

United Kingdom: Bradford imam jailed 13 years for repeatedly raping a boy at his mosque

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

imam at a mosque on Sunbridge Road, Bradford

Organization

mosque on Sunbridge Road, Bradford

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Khan groomed and repeatedly raped a boy over several years using the access and trust his position as the mosque's imam gave him — the same mechanism a prior 2011 conviction at another mosque had already established as his pattern.

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Proceedings

2025-06-20 · guilty plea and sentencing

Bradford Crown Court, United Kingdom. Mohammed Hanif Khan, 57, admitted two counts of rape and one count of multiple rape committed against a boy in the 1990s while he was imam at a mosque on Sunbridge Road, Bradford. He was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment with a 3-year extended licence period.

Documented coercion mechanisms

grooming a child through his position as imam
religious-authority access to a child at the mosque

Cited record

Sources

police press release sentencing report West Yorkshire Police, 'Man jailed for non-recent rapes, Bradford' (June 2025).: Official police release confirming Khan's role as imam at the Sunbridge Road mosque, the guilty pleas, and the 13-year sentence with extended licence.
national broadcast court reporting sentencing report ITV News Calendar, 'Former Bradford imam jailed for repeatedly raping boy at mosque' (23 June 2025).: Broadcast news report corroborating the sentencing, Khan's role as imam, and reference to his earlier 2011 Stoke-on-Trent conviction for offences against two other boys.
official police record criminal disposition West Yorkshire Police, 'Bradford Man Jailed for Child Sexual Offences.': Official police release confirming Khan's role as imam at the Sunbridge Road mosque and the 13-year sentence with 3-year extended licence.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/man-jailed-non-recent-rapes-bradford Corpus classification: police-press-release; evidentiary role: sentencing-report.
Retrieval: 2026-07-28 · Preserved; Bound by Fear research cycle 2026-07-28 (duplicate-record merge)
Source and tier basis: https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2025-06-23/imam-who-repeatedly-raped-boy-at-mosque-jailed Corpus classification: national-broadcast-court-reporting; evidentiary role: sentencing-report.
Retrieval: 2026-07-28 · Preserved; Bound by Fear research cycle 2026-07-28 (duplicate-record merge)
Source and tier basis: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/bradford-man-jailed-child-sexual-offences-1 Corpus classification: official-police-record; evidentiary role: criminal-disposition.
Retrieval: 2026-07-28 · Preserved; Bound by Fear research cycle 2026-07-28 (duplicate-record merge)

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