Three brothers have been jailed for multiple sexual offences against girls in Leeds

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Miah brothers jailed for grooming and sexually abusing girls in Leeds and Barrow-in-Furness. They gave their victims cigarettes, alcohol, food and even hair extensions in what prosecutors called a "classic grooming technique". Three brothers have been jailed after underage girls in Leeds and Barrow-in-Furness were sexually abused and raped over a number of years.

 

The trio were convicted in October last year, with the abuse taking place between 1996 and 2010. Shaha Amran Miah, 49, known as Jai; Shaha Alman Miah, 47, known as Ali; and Shah Joman Miah, 38, known as Sarj all pleaded not guilty. Sarj has since admitted his crimes. However, the judge said it could be a cynical attempt for leniency and did not give him any credit. They were sentenced on Friday to the following:

 

Shaha Amran Miah - life with a minimum term of 20 years and 338 days.

Shaha Alman Miah - 10 years in prison and four years on licence.

Shah Joman Miah - life with a minimum term of 21 years and 232 days.

 

Preston Crown Court heard Sarj and Jai regularly sexually abused two children at a Leeds mosque over many years, beginning when the victims were seven. The three also preyed on vulnerable and underage girls at a flat above their family's takeaway in Barrow, Cumbria, between 2008 and 2010.

They gave them cigarettes, alcohol, food and even hair extensions in what barrister Tim Evans KC called a "classic grooming technique".

 

He said the brothers worked as a team and "created an environment in Barrow in which each of them could abuse young girls". Judge Unsworth KC said they had shattered the lives of their victims and hid in plain sight in the Cumbria town. Multiple schoolgirls in their uniforms were regularly seen at the takeaway, the judge said, with Jai acting ruthlessly to stop them going to the police.

 

The court heard Sarj would take one of the girls to a hotel for sex about twice a month and became increasingly controlling - to the point she remains on medication and is terrified of seeing him in the street. A witness told Sky News the men abused their victims in a dingy room above the takeaway that "looked like a crackhouse" and had mattresses on the floor and sheets covering the windows.

 

"They knew exactly how young they were," she said. "They didn't only have one girlfriend each... they had multiple."

 

Shaha Amran Miah was found guilty of 16 sexual offences against three girls, including rape, as well as two charges of intimidation and one of kidnap.

Shaha Alman Miah was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child.

Shah Joman Miah was convicted of sexually abusing three children. There were nine counts of rape of a child among his 40 offences. 

 

Based on a report by Sky News  2025-02-22

 

 

[Purdey]

How do judges calculate prison time down to a few days? Why not give 20 year sentences with 20 year minimum to be served?

[Bkk Brian]

Scum, not long enough sentences, their ages presently, 49, 47 and 38. Their victims will suffer all their lives for the abuse they inflicted.

 

They preyed on their underage victims in a number of premises including mosques. 

 

The court heard Sarj and Jai regularly sexually abused two children at a mosque in Leeds over many years.

One of the victims, who was abused from the age of seven, said as a child she "felt as though I was in hell".

Another victim said in her impact statement: "I sat in the mosque, in the place all children are supposed to be kept safe - little did I know this would be the place I had my first suicidal thought. I wanted to die. I was seven."

https://news.sky.com/story/grooming-was-happening-here-key-witness-in-miah-brothers-sexual-abuse-trial-speaks-to-sky-news-13313174

 

Elizabeth told Preston Crown Court how at one point police asked her to give an interview about the men's sexual activities with underage girls and somehow Jai found out.

Elizabeth was pregnant at the time and said he threatened to burn her house down if she did the interview, telling her: "I will set this house on fire with you and your partner in it and I'll make sure that kid will never come out of you."

[JAG]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Elizabeth told Preston Crown Court how at one point police asked her to give an interview about the men's sexual activities with underage girls and somehow Jai found out.

Elizabeth was pregnant at the time and said he threatened to burn her house down if she did the interview, telling her: "I will set this house on fire with you and your partner in it and I'll make sure that kid will never come out of you."

This alone demands a major investigation - how did he find out, who leaked that she was talking to police, and what the hell was he doing free to make such threats?

[Celsius]

Don't tweet about this story or else

[quake]

Hope they get attacked multiple times in jail.

year in year out.

 

[Harrisfan]

The enemy within. Vance warned you guys.

[Mr Meeseeks]

The mosques need raided and investigated, if activities like this are found, they should be shut down permanently.

 

Remigration is increasingly becoming a mainstream idea and I continue to support it wholeheartedly. 

 

I don't want these people in my country.

[BangkokReady]

"The important thing to worry about in this story is the danger of White Nationalism." - Starmer, probably...

[Tropicalevo]

It is a sad country when I look a the headline and think to myself - 'Asians'.

That is before I even click on the story.