Said Daauud (Image: West Midlands Police)
A man has been jailed for a campaign of rape and sexual abuse against children, West Midlands Police have reported. Said Daauud, a former agency worker at a Birmingham mosque, groomed five underage boys as young as nine to win over their trust. He bought the boys, the oldest one being only 14 years old, sweets, AirPods, computer games and mobile phones.
Daauud was an agency IT support worker at the mosque, which cannot be named for legal reasons, but stopped working there in February 2022. He continued to attend the mosque and was well known to the congregation. The police investigation began in May 2022 when the mothers of two of the children revealed that Daauud had been grooming their children. He had stayed overnight at one of the boys’ houses and touched them inappropriately.
Statements from the young boys and CCTV from the mosque captured some of his inappropriate physical contact with them. This allowed the police to charge him with one rape, nine sexual assaults and four other offences of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Appearing at Birmingham Crown Court on February 6, he was jailed for 16 years, and ordered to remain on licence for a further five years after that period.
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He used WhatsApp and Snapchat to groom one of the boys and asked for him to send indecent images of himself. Well over 4,000 messages were sent, where he tried to normalise his behaviour and encouraged them to tell him that they love him. He told one of them « it’s OK, you can do this » while carrying out the abuse.
One boy told West Midlands Police: « Said has betrayed my trust. He was a friend, like a big brother. I now struggle to trust adults, because he was someone who I trusted as a true friend.
« This whole situation has made me feel overwhelmed and I just want things to go back to normal. »
Another said: « Although I knew it was really wrong, I still tried to see the positives in Said. However, as the months have passed I have more of an understanding of how Said had manipulated me and taken advantage of me and my body.
« I feel so betrayed by him, I can’s even begin to describe this. »
One of the boy’s parents said: « Said has taken advantage of the boys being at the Masjid, a place where children should feel and be safe. »
DS Thomas Finney said: « Daauud has shown no remorse throughout this and has taken the case to trial, which meant that these children had to go through the ordeal of giving evidence and being cross examined. We have made sure they’ve been supported through the process.
« He’s used his position within the community to build up a real level of trust with families, who were happy to let him stay the night and care for their children.
« He abused that trust in the most appalling way, with a series of appalling sexual attacks on really young members of the community.
« It was only when one of the boys revealed what was happening to his family that the alarm was raised and the full extent of what was happening came to light. »
Daauud was also ordered to abide by a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely and indefinite restraining orders against each of the children he attacked.
Daauud, of Rudgewick Croft, Aston, answered « no comment » in interview.
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