United Kingdom: Chatham imam convicted on sixteen counts against four children
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imam at a mosque and community centre
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The children were in the imam's care through his religious duties at the mosque — instruction and office inseparable.
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2025-03-01 · conviction and sentence
English Crown Court. Qari Sher Mohammad, an imam at a Chatham mosque and Muslim community centre, was convicted of sixteen counts of sexual assault against four children over a nine-year period, committed while carrying out his religious duties, and jailed for ten years.
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- religious duties placing children in his care
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- reliable contemporaneous court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Imam jailed for sexually assaulting children', KentOnline (Mar. 2025).
Reports the sixteen convictions and sentence.
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- https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/imam-jailed-for-sexually-assaulting-children-at-mosque/ Corpus classification: reliable-contemporaneous-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report.
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