https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/croydon-teacher-jailed-trying-rape-26385321
A Croydon religious teacher has been jailed for sexually abusing two boys over a three-year period. Muhammad Asgar, 68, targeted the two boys leaving them with ‘severe psychological harm’.
Despite denying the charges, Asgar, who worked as a Quran teacher at Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre, was convicted by a jury of attempted rape as well as four counts of sexual assault. Appearing today (March 3) at Croydon Crown Court, he was jailed for 10 years for the horrific offences.
Jurors heard that the abuse had taken place over a three year period with his first victim being subjected to several incidents with Asgar forcibly kissing him and putting his tongue in his mouth.
He would also get his victim to sit on his lap and would position him over the sofa to rub his erect penis against him. On one occasion, he attempted to rape the teenager by pulling down his underpants and bending him over the arm of the sofa.
His second victim, who was under the age of 13, was also sexually abused in his own home before he was reported to the police. In his impact statement, his first victim said that he had been left struggling to trust people and had struggled with the “huge disruption” to his education….
Asgar, of Goldwell Road, Thornton Heath, has been jailed for 10 years and has been the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order. He was also acquitted of four further charges including attempted rape and three counts of sexual assault on a child under 13.
A Croydon religious teacher has been jailed for sexually abusing two boys over a three-year period. Muhammad Asgar, 68, targeted the two boys leaving them with ‘severe psychological harm’.
Despite denying the charges, Asgar, who worked as a Quran teacher at Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre, was convicted by a jury of attempted rape as well as four counts of sexual assault. Appearing today (March 3) at Croydon Crown Court, he was jailed for 10 years for the horrific offences.
Jurors heard that the abuse had taken place over a three year period with his first victim being subjected to several incidents with Asgar forcibly kissing him and putting his tongue in his mouth.
He would also get his victim to sit on his lap and would position him over the sofa to rub his erect penis against him. On one occasion, he attempted to rape the teenager by pulling down his underpants and bending him over the arm of the sofa.
His second victim, who was under the age of 13, was also sexually abused in his own home before he was reported to the police. In his impact statement, his first victim said that he had been left struggling to trust people and had struggled with the “huge disruption” to his education….
Asgar, of Goldwell Road, Thornton Heath, has been jailed for 10 years and has been the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order. He was also acquitted of four further charges including attempted rape and three counts of sexual assault on a child under 13.
