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London | December 24, 2004 7:32:51 AM IST
London, Dec 23 : A former Muslim cleric of Pakistani origin has been jailed for 10 years for raping and sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in a mosque where he was teaching.
Manzoor Hussain, 42, of Bristol was convicted of one offence of rape and four of indecent assault. The offences took place at a mosque in the city between July 1996 and March the following year.
At the time of the offences, Hussain was the imam at the mosque in Lower Cheltenham Place.
The Exeter Crown Court was told the girl had kept the attacks secret for six years because she did not think she would be believed.
Sentencing Hussein at Exeter Crown Court, Judge Graham Cottle said: "You were an elder in the community and a man to be revered and respected by children you taught.
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