Overview
- Sheffield Crown Court sentenced Amar Ilyas to 27 years, Kamar Ilyas to 10 years and Kamran Ilyas to three years following convictions for offences that took place in the mid-2000s.
- Amar fled the UK while on bail and was jailed in his absence, and the National Crime Agency says officers are carrying out enquiries to locate and arrest him.
- Prosecutors say the brothers groomed victims with alcohol, drugs and gifts and used threats, violence, an imitation firearm and other coercion to force sexual abuse of girls aged as young as 12.
- Five women gave impact statements describing long-term trauma and lost childhoods, and the judge praised their courage when imposing the sentences.
- The prosecutions form part of Operation Stovewood, the NCA-led inquiry into non‑familial child sexual exploitation in South Yorkshire that has identified over 1,100 children and produced more than 50 convictions, and the case highlights cross‑border enforcement and extradition challenges.