Overview
- Leeds Crown Court sentenced Suleman Baig, 40, to nine years and nine months in prison, ordered lifetime sex‑offender registration, and imposed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
- Prosecutors said he paid the 13‑year‑old victims between £500 and £600 for explicit images, sometimes hiding cash under toilet roll, before abusing them on about 20 occasions.
- Humberside Police recovered more than 700 indecent and prohibited images, including edited pseudo images, alongside thousands of messages and explicit videos on his devices.
- He admitted 15 offences after pleading guilty on day two of a December trial, covering sexual assault, inciting sexual activity with a child, making indecent images, paying for sexual services, and perverting the course of justice.
- Investigators detailed repeated attempts to obstruct justice, including contacting victims and witnesses, sneaking into a victim’s home while on bail, and presenting an expired passport when told to surrender travel documents.