Overview
- Jurors at Cambridge Crown Court unanimously convicted Pramod Dhakal on 25 charges after less than three hours of deliberation.
- The offences included seven rapes of girls under 16, 15 sexual assaults on girls under 16, and three counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
- The abuse spanned nearly two decades, with victims mostly children in Cambridgeshire and one from London, including a girl as young as eight.
- Dhakal received 25 years’ imprisonment with an additional eight years on licence, was placed on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely, and was given a restraining order barring contact with all eight victims.
- Prosecutors said he exploited trust within Peterborough’s Nepalese community through his standing and religious roles, and he continued to deny the offences.