UK pedophile Muharrem jailed, 500 indecent images of girls found in his phone

UK pedophile, Saner Muharrem has been sentenced to five and half years imprisonment for child sexual offences which led to more than 500 indecent images of underage girls found in his phone.

Detectives from the Met Police spent hours trawling through thousands of inappropriate messages that were sent to underage children in his phone.

Muharrem of Homer Drive E14, was sentenced on Friday, 12 January to five and a half years imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court after he was previously convicted of 11 offences following a two-week trial.

The offences included inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sexual activity with a child, the Met Police report.

Detectives launched an investigation into Muharrem on 20 October 2021 after intelligence indicated that he was uploading indecent images of children online.

A statement from the Met Police said Muharrem’s phone was seized by police during a search warrant at his home address.

Specialist officers were said to have analysed the phone data which brought to light that Muharrem had been contacting many underage girls through social media sites such as Snapchat and Instagram.

Further investigation led officers to find over 500 indecent images of children on his personal devices.

A Sexual Risk Order (SRO) was granted for Muharrem at Thames Magistrates’ Court on 23 November 2022.

Despite the order, the police said he continued his predatory behaviour and he attempted to obtain more indecent images of girls under 16, while he also tried to meet up with several young girls.

On one occasion, the police said the predator met with a 13-year-old girl, and kissed her without her consent.

PC Simon Marchant-Brown, who led the investigation, said Muharrem would befriend the girls on social media and act like he cared for them, saying that he offered to give them money, alcohol and cannabis in order to convince them to send incident images of themselves.

Marchant-Brown said the sentencing reflected the severity of his offences, a he manipulated young girls and would even threaten to leak the images if they did not send more.

“I would like to praise the seven young victims who gave evidence in court; your bravery does not go unnoticed, without you we would not have been able to jail this predator.

“I urge anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse to come forward to the police, we are here to listen, help and support you. We will do everything in our power to find, arrest and convict anyone who has carried out any sexual offences,” he said.

Muharrem appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 21 September 2023, where he was found guilty of 11 offences.

Muharrem also received a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and restraining orders were put in place.