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Four men jailed for serious sexual offences with children mainly in Rochdale.

Mohammed Ishaque sentenced to 11 years Credit: GMP

Four men have been jailed for over 37 years for a range of serious sexual offences as part of Operation Doublet - an investigation into child sexual exploitation, mainly in Rochdale.They were convicted after a trial at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court.

Mohammed Ishaque 56 , of Denton Street, Rochdale, pleaded guilty to inciting a child to engage in prostitution. He was sentenced to eleven years in prison.

Guilty of rape Gul Zaman sentenced to 10 years Credit: GMP

Gul Zaman, 44, of HMP Manchester, was found guilty of rape and inciting a child into prostitution. He was sentenced to ten years in prison.

Guilty of sexual activity with a child, Irshad Wani sentenced to 9 years. Credit: GMP

Irshad Wani 39, of Whitworth Road, Rochdale was found guilty of seven counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of child grooming. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Shohaib Shabbir admitted rape. He was sentenced to 7 years. Credit: GMP

Shohaib Shabbir, 28, of Copster Hill Road, Oldham, pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.

The convictions relate to offences committed against two victims who were aged between 15 and 16 at the time of the abuse. The abuse happened between 2004 and 2008.

The victims have shown enormous courage and without their support in what has been a difficult investigation, we would not be here today.

Operation Doublet was launched following the 2011 investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale and we identified a number of cases, which broadly took place between 2004 and 2008, across Greater Manchester where teenage girls had been sexually exploited by older men.

Working with our partners we have been able to identify vulnerable people and tackle CSE in a way that puts the victim’s wellbeing at the centre of all we do and I’d particularly like to pay tribute to DC Fitzsimons in driving this case forwards on behalf of the victims.”

We made a commitment to bring perpetrators of sexual abuse to justice and today is yet another illustration of that promise being realised.

– Detective Chief Inspector Jamie Daniels, the Senior Investigating Officer for Operation Doublet, said: “