🔴 BEYOND EVIL: AMIT GULATI JAILED FOR 27 YEARS OVER DEPRAVED CAMPAIGN
Two vulnerable schoolgirls raped and tormented in sickening campaign of depravity – now their abusers face decades behind bars.
A 42-year-old man has been jailed for 27 years at Newcastle Crown Court after a jury convicted him of 19 sexual offences, including multiple counts of rape, committed against two vulnerable schoolgirls over an extended period.
Amit Gulati, of Beaumont Street, Blyth, Northumberland, was found guilty following trial of offences that encompassed at least 56 separate incidents of sexual abuse against the two victims.
Manideep Bolishetty, 27, of Tamworth Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, whom Gulati introduced to one of the girls and encouraged to abuse the other, was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
Gulati was sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment with an additional one-year extended licence period. He will serve two-thirds of the custodial term in prison before becoming eligible for release on licence.
Bolishetty received a seven-year custodial sentence.
Both defendants were ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life. They were also made subject to indefinite sexual harm prevention orders and restraining orders prohibiting contact with the victims.
Judge Gavin Doig described the offending as of the utmost seriousness, telling Gulati that the two victims had been subjected to an extended period of serious sexual abuse.
The court heard victim personal statements detailing the profound and lasting impact of the offences.
One victim stated: “I was an innocent child when the abuse by Gulati began and it left me extremely scared. The abuse has had a massive detrimental effect on my mental health. I would often wish I was dead and I wrote letters about killing myself.”
She continued: “I hate them for what they have done to me. I often feel worthless. I can never get my childhood back and that’s something I will have to live with for the rest of my life.”
The same victim said the trial process had heightened her anxiety, adding: “If I had one wish it would be to go back to when I was 12. This trauma will live with me for the rest of my life and I hate them for doing this to me. They will never truly understand how much this has affected me.”
The second victim told the court: “I hate them for what they have done to me. I feel so angry, annoyed, confused and sad about it all. I struggle to put into words how it’s affected me. I’m going through therapy to process what happened.”
She added: “I feel like every time I close my eyes I relive the pain and suffering caused by Amit. I never want to think about or relive these disgusting, upsetting times again. I feel dead inside. Amit has made me feel completely worthless. He has completely taken my confidence and I don’t love myself as I probably should. They have taken what should have been a happy childhood away from me.”
In mitigation, the court was told that Gulati had no previous convictions, was regarded as hard-working and that others spoke positively of his character.
For Bolishetty, who holds an engineering degree, it was submitted that he had claimed he was unaware of the age of consent.
The sentences were passed at Newcastle Crown Court following convictions after trial.
