Hale Barns hotel owner Adam Saleem, 46, molested two young girls after luring them to his bedroom to see pet cats gets 2 years then another child comes forward

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Father-of-three Saleem had previously been a revered figure in his local mosque and was a ‘Hafiza of Quran’ due to him memorising the Islamic book. 

30 Aug 2018

A hotel owner molested two young girls in his bedroom after he offered to show them his pet cats, a court heard.

Adam Saleem, a former Army intelligence officer and IT consultant, was told by a judge he faced an ‘inevitable’ prison sentence.

Saleem, 46, based at Hale Barns House guest house on Hasty Lane, Hale Barns, Trafford, denied two counts of sexual assault but was found guilty by a jury after a trial at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court. Oak Croft, Hale, England, WA15 8UU

He was released on bail ahead of sentencing.

The court heard the victims were staying with their parents at Saleem’s hotel last year.

They were booked into the £2m guest house for a night ahead of a flight from nearby Manchester Airport.

The court heard the girls were ‘touched inappropriately’ after Saleem shut his bedroom door.

The attack only ended when their unsuspecting father knocked on the door, walked inside and told the girls it was their bedtime.

At the time, the youngsters were too scared to say what happened and the family went on holiday, the jury heard.

But the truth emerged six months later when the older of the two victims told her mother after their father watched a TV programme about a missing child and told his daughters they could talk to him if they ever had encounters with ‘nasty men’.

She was later interviewed by police, but the court heard the second victim was too young for officers to speak to.

In a statement, the older of the two sisters said: “He’s got three cats so we went into his room, my older sister and my little sister and me.

“We went into the room and he offered if we wanted to see the cats so we went in and my older sister, she went to stroke the cats on the other side of the room and then he started to touch us.

“I felt too scared to say anything but then my dad came in. He didn’t know what happened. It went on for around 50 seconds.

“He just kept doing it and doing it.

“I was just scared and he did the same thing to my sister. We were chasing the cats and he offered if we wanted to come into his room as he had a lot of cats.

Nicola Gatto, prosecuting, told the jury: “During the holiday and afterwards the parents noticed a change in their daughter and described her as being very emotional and clingy and didn’t speak about their holiday upon their return. They were quite concerned about her.

“[Later that year] the father watched a film which had an impact on him about a child that had gone missing. He spoke to his daughters, alongside his wife, and said if they were ever worried about anything, they could talk to him. The eldest daughter told her sister that she had to tell someone, and then said that the defendant was not a nice man.”

Father-of-three Saleem, who the court heard had been a revered figure at his local mosque, denied any wrongdoing.

He told the jury: “The parents were sorting out their room and I left my room open in case they needed something.

“I dozed off and I became aware the children had come into my room and were stroking the cats. A few moments later their father came into the room and apologised to me for them disturbing me and he took the children out. I did not touch the children in any way. I am completely innocent.”

Saleem was also ordered to sign the sex offender register and banned from allowing children into his guest house ahead of the sentencing hearing on September 28.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/hotel-owner-molested-two-young-15091051

Ex-Army intelligence officer is jailed for a year after abusing girl, nine, at his B&B guesthouse where he previously molested sisters aged four and eight

Published: 10:51, 17 December 2019

A hotel boss who used his ‘family friendly’ B&B guesthouse as a pervert’s lair to molest little girls has been jailed for a second time.

Adam Saleem, 47, would target young children after they checked in with their parents at his hotel near Manchester Airport.

Following complaints against him he was jailed for two years in October 2018 after attacking two sisters aged four and eight.

But he has now been jailed for a further year after a complaint from a nine-year-old girl – made just weeks after his first sentence. 

The former army intelligence officer carried out the assaults after the families checked in for one night ahead of flying out on holiday.   

The latest conviction arose after the nine-year-old girl and her parents known as ‘Family C’ booked into Saleem’s B&B in 2017. 

He met the family and booked them into a family room on the ground floor but became ‘fixated’ with the daughter.  

She was due to go to Spain with her family but was molested after Saleem showed her where the bathroom was. 

He encouraged her to see his cats which she did so accompanied by her family and then targeted the girl alone while her parents were getting ready for bed. 

She had wanted to clean her teeth and Saleem led her to a bathroom where he followed her in and placed his hands down her pyjama bottoms.

The frightened girl returned to the family room but was too embarrassed to tell her parents. After the incident she became withdrawn and only told her mother about her ordeal when asked why she was being so distant.  

At Manchester Crown Court, Manchester, Saleem refused to stand in the dock and was sent to the cells after claiming the conviction was ‘unjust and tyrannical.’ He had sacked his lawyer during the trial and gave a defence speech himself to the jury.

Judge John Potter told him: ‘You said this girl was mistaken in what she said and you denied you ever met her or her family. You also said her parents had colluded dishonestly with each other to falsely name you as her abuser. 

‘This was a dreadful allegation to have made. You told the police a pack of lies – lies you were to repeat to the jury, which by their verdict, they easily saw through.

‘Your willingness to make the allegation whilst they were being cross examined, is indicative of your complete lack of remorse on your part. 

‘That was compounded further by your behaviour at trial when you sought to manipulate the proceedings by retiring your counsel to enable you to make your closing speech yourself. That closing speech was almost entirely disingenuous and riddled with dishonesty.

‘It does portray you to be a risk taking, controlling and dishonest individual. In contrast, your victim, now aged 11, gave truthful evidence about your abuse of her. 

‘It seems she has been able to deal with the abuse she suffered at your hands however the memory of your abuse will remain with her for some time to come.’  

Father-of-three Saleem had previously been a revered figure in his local mosque and was a ‘Hafiza of Quran’ due to him memorising the Islamic book. 

He had initially been an airline IT security officer for Thomas Cook then worked in intelligence for the military – claiming to have worked the SAS – until he he was injured in a skiing accident.

He said he had also worked for Manchester United as Head of IT and also for the United Nations in the Middle East before working as an air traffic system controller at Heathrow Airport.    

His previous victims, aged four and eight, were attacked as they were due to jet out to Florida for a 50th birthday celebration.

Saleem lured them into his bedroom on the pretext of showing them rescue cats he kept at his £2m property.

At the time the sisters were too scared to say what happened and the family went on holiday unaware of their ordeals.

The truth only emerged when one of the sisters told her mother after their father watched a TV programme about a missing child and he told his daughters they could talk to him if ever had encounters with ‘nasty men.’

In October 2018, Saleem, from Hale Barns, near Altrincham, was jailed for two years after he was found guilty of two charges of indecent assault. 

The nine-year-old girl subsequently complained and this week he was given a further 12 months behind bars after being convicted by a jury of a similar offence.       

The court heard the attacks against the sisters took place in March 2017. 

During a video interview with police the eight year old showed officers where Saleem had touched her and even re-enacted how he carried out the assault. 

Her parents said she would not have known about paedophilia as they exercised parental lock controls on all their internet access.’

Saleem was ordered to sign the Sex Offender Register for ten years and abide by a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

In mitigation, defence counsel Raquel Simpson said: ‘He is still clearly in denial. He is a man crying out for intervention. I have spoken to him and he would be prepared to have intervention and he would cooperate even though he maintains his denials.’ 

Photo Copyright goes to the convicted paedophile Adam Saleem

Photo Copyright goes to the convicted paedophile Adam Saleem

Also on trip adviser

But also up for sale for £2 million pounds

https://www.loopnet.co.uk/listing/hasty-ln-altrincham/37162149

wonder if his little victims will get a share from that!