Drug-Fueled Predator Snatches Girl: Mohammed Abdulraziq Convicted Of Assaulting 5-Year Old

Mohammed Abdulraziq, a 32-year-old Sudanese national, faces a long sentence and deportation after abducting and sexually assaulting a five-year-old.

Mohammed Abdulraziq, a 32-year-old Sudanese national who has resided in the UK for approximately 10 years, was

convicted yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court of abducting and sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a case that unfolded in the Winson Green suburb on March 30, 2025.

The jury found Abdulraziq guilty of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence, sexual assault of a female under 13, and assault, following a trial that exposed disturbing details of the incident. Abdulraziq now faces possible deportation, with the Home Office reportedly seeking to revoke his permission to remain in the country.

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The court heard that Abdulraziq, a Sudanese national who has resided in the UK for a decade, lured the child from a street where she was playing, taking her into a ground-floor room in a house of multiple occupation where he had lived for less than two months. At approximately 2:00 PM, the girl’s mother, realizing her daughter was missing, began searching with a friend. They traced the child’s cries to a locked property. The mother, in a desperate attempt to gain entry, struck the window with a piece of wood, while her friend partially climbed through, pulling back a curtain to reveal Abdulraziq standing beside the girl, both with their shorts lowered to their ankles.

The mother’s friend testified that Abdulraziq was bending toward the child, who faced the window. When the friend attempted to intervene, Abdulraziq punched her through the window, causing her to fall back onto the street. The commotion drew two passersby who forced entry into the property and restrained Abdulraziq until West Midlands Police arrived and arrested him.

Prosecutor Tariq Shakoor told the court that the child, upon being rescued, said to her mother, “The stranger hurt me, mummy.” The prosecution stated that Abdulraziq had sexually assaulted the girl and intended further harm, thwarted only by the swift actions of the mother, her friend, and members of the public.

Abdulraziq, who required an Arabic interpreter during the trial, denied the allegations, claiming the child entered his residence to use the toilet and asked for help with her shorts. He alleged the mother fabricated the accusations to incriminate him. The jury rejected his account, returning a majority verdict of 11-1 on the false imprisonment and sexual assault charges and a unanimous verdict on the assault charge.