16/09/2025
Mohammed Abdulraziq, 32, has been convicted of abducting a child and sexually assaulting her at a house in Birmingham.
Mohammed Abdulraziq, aged 32, was found guilty of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence, sexual assault of a female under 13 and an assault on a woman following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
Abdulraziq was discovered in a house with a five-year-old on the afternoon of March 30.
The girl had been playing in the street when Abdulraziq took her into a house.
The girl’s mother and her friend searched for her daughter and heard crying coming from inside a house. Her friend looked through the window and saw a man inside a room with the girl.
The man then punched her through the window as she tried to climb in. Entry was then forced into the house by members of the public who detained him until we were called and our officers arrived and arrested him. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Detective Sergeant Nicky Simms, from our Central Complex Child Abuse Investigation Team, 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.
“I must praise the courage of the girl and her mother in what has been a very sensitive investigation.”
The Complex Child Abuse department are specially trained to deal sensitively with sexual abuse survivors, offer them support and guide them through the court process.
It is important to note that survivors of sexual assault are protected by law and have life-long anonymity.
For more help and advice go to Support after rape and sexual assault | West Midlands Police
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15 Jan 2026
Mohammed Abdulraziq, aged 33, from Winson Green, was found guilty of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence and sexual assault
A man who snatched a five-year-old girl from the street and sexually attacked her has yet to be sentenced more than three months after being convicted.
Mohammed Abdulraziq was set to learn his fate at Birmingham Crown Court today, Thursday, January 15.
But it was confirmed the probation service had yet to assess him for ‘dangerousness‘.
If the 33-year-old Sudanese national is deemed to pose a high risk of causing harm to the public in the future, it could result in him being subjected to an ‘extended sentence’, which will include a longer period on licence after he is eventually released from prison.
Judge Kerry Maylin adjourned the case until March 13, when it is hoped the assessment will have been completed.
In November 2022 he was involved in another violent incident when he threatened a doctor with a kitchen knife.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/reason-child-sex-predator-yet-33236401
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Mohammed Abdulraziq, a 32-year-old Sudanese national who has resided in the UK for approximately 10 years, was
convicted yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court of abducting and sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a case that unfolded in the Winson Green suburb on March 30, 2025.
The jury found Abdulraziq guilty of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence, sexual assault of a female under 13, and assault, following a trial that exposed disturbing details of the incident. Abdulraziq now faces possible deportation, with the Home Office reportedly seeking to revoke his permission to remain in the country.
The court heard that Abdulraziq, a Sudanese national who has resided in the UK for a decade, lured the child from a street where she was playing, taking her into a ground-floor room in a house of multiple occupation where he had lived for less than two months. At approximately 2:00 PM, the girl’s mother, realizing her daughter was missing, began searching with a friend. They traced the child’s cries to a locked property. The mother, in a desperate attempt to gain entry, struck the window with a piece of wood, while her friend partially climbed through, pulling back a curtain to reveal Abdulraziq standing beside the girl, both with their shorts lowered to their ankles.
The mother’s friend testified that Abdulraziq was bending toward the child, who faced the window. When the friend attempted to intervene, Abdulraziq punched her through the window, causing her to fall back onto the street. The commotion drew two passersby who forced entry into the property and restrained Abdulraziq until West Midlands Police arrived and arrested him.
Prosecutor Tariq Shakoor told the court that the child, upon being rescued, said to her mother, “The stranger hurt me, mummy.” The prosecution stated that Abdulraziq had sexually assaulted the girl and intended further harm, thwarted only by the swift actions of the mother, her friend, and members of the public.
Abdulraziq, who required an Arabic interpreter during the trial, denied the allegations, claiming the child entered his residence to use the toilet and asked for help with her shorts. He alleged the mother fabricated the accusations to incriminate him. The jury rejected his account, returning a majority verdict of 11-1 on the false imprisonment and sexual assault charges and a unanimous verdict on the assault charge.
The court also heard that Abdulraziq admitted to consuming three cans of beer and two cigarettes of Mamba, a synthetic cannabis drug, on the day of the incident. His prior criminal history was noted, including a 21-month sentence in September 2023 for threatening a GP with a knife and a pending sentence for separate assault and property damage charges committed five days before the abduction.
Judge Kerry Maylin ordered a probation service assessment to determine Abdulraziq’s “dangerousness,” which could lead to an extended or life sentence to protect the public. Sentencing was adjourned to December 9, 2025, with the judge stating, “A long custodial sentence is inevitable.” Abdulraziq was remanded in custody.
A Home Office spokesperson confirmed efforts to revoke Abdulraziq’s permission to remain in the UK, citing a policy to deport foreign nationals who commit crimes. The spokesperson noted that nearly 5,200 foreign national offenders were deported in the government’s first year, a 14% increase from the previous year.