A private tutor who sexually assaulted five of his students has been jailed for 11 years.

Umair Iqbal, 37, abused young girls at their homes he visited to conduct lessons over a 10-year period.

Among his victims was a young muslim girl who he assaulted from when she was just eight years old.

An investigation was opened into the maths and Quran tutor, from Cheetham Hill, Manchester in October 2020, after a 15-year-old girl reported his behaviour.

She had believed for years that the abuse was her own fault, before finding the courage to tell her family and police.

Further inquiries by Rochdale’s multi-agency safeguarding team into Iqbal uncovered another four victims, all 18 years old or younger.

The tutor was found to have routinely abused his authority his female students between 201

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