An Imam who has been convicted of sexually assaulting two girls in the 1980s has fled, reportedly for Bangladesh, ahead of being sentenced.
58 year old Hifiz Rahman absconded on Saturday after being found guilty the day before of assaulting the girls at a mosque in Dudley. The offences against one victim took place between April 1984 and August 1987, with the second charge he was convicted of from March 1984 to March 1988.
Rahman from Ballard Road, Netherton did not attend the end of his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court after claiming he was too ill and did not hear the jury's verdicts. "We are making urgent inquiries to try and arrange his return," police said.
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