Rotherham rapist jailed again just before release for attack on young girl

A Rotherham abuser already serving 19 years for a “campaign of violent rape” against a girl put his head in his hands as he was given three years for another sex attack on a vulnerable teenager in the town. Sageer Hussain, 40, was earlier this year found guilty at Sheffield crown court of raping a child of around 14 years old after a National Crime Agency investigation. On Tuesday Judge Thomas sentencing Hussain told him: “The sad fact of this case is that, despite her young age at the time, you were not the first man to have abused and exploited (the complainant) in this area and around this time.” At least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexual exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, a report found in 2014. Children as young as 11 were raped by multiple perpetrators, abducted, trafficked to other cities in England, beaten and intimidated, it said. The NCA have since prosecuted 49 people, including Hussain, in relation to abuse in Rotherham. The Judge, sitting at Sheffield crown court, told the court Hussain was “relatively close to completing the custodial” sentence for another rape and other sexual offences, before adding three more years for another rape. He was told he would serve half of this term before being released on sentence under licence for the remainder. Hussain appeared to wipe his face with his hands before putting his thumbs up to thank the Judge. Married Hussain, whose brothers were also Rotherham abusers, was jailed for almost two decades in 2016 for rape. Hussain's brothers Arshid Basharat and Bannaras, had been jailed earlier in 2016, in the first Rotherham grooming trial being sent down for 35, 25, and 19 years in prison respectively. On Tuesday, Judge Thomas referenced Hussain's three older brothers' convictions, saying the defendant had "no good role models". The judge also accepted the defendant was only a teenager himself at the time, but said to him: "You had a choice and you knew what you were doing, and you knew it was wrong." After his brother 'Ash' was jailed Hussain went on Channel 4 News to defend his brother known as ‘Ash’, who was jailed for rape, only to end up arrested and charged with rape himself. But he insisted his brother was “not a monster” and said “he’s not like that.’ He dismissed what happened in Rotherham saying: ‘People get accused day in and day out, allegations get made.” Asked if he was claiming the 1400 young girls were lying he said: "No, I didn’t say that. “ But then added: “The biggest problem you have these days is these young girls that are dressed up, i.e. miniskirts, stuff like that and they’re going into the clubs and they are ending up going with blokes and stuff like that. They are waking up next morning and they say scream ‘rape’ or ‘groomed’.“ About the 12 year olds attacked he said: “That is really, really really sick if girls as young as 12 are saying they’re being groomed. I can’t say if they have been groomed or haven’t been groomed but if anyone is to blame on that scenario it is the social workers.” He said of underage sex he compared it to picking up dog faeces and added: “We forbid that stuff - we wouldn’t allow it.” Hussain was jailed initially for 19 years after being branded the ringleader who led a "campaign of violent rape" against a vulnerable 13-year-old. But just as that sentence was coming to an end, having almost served half, he was jailed again for a further rape.. His honour Judge Charles Thomas sentenced Hussain, who appeared from HMP Moorland in South Yorkshire by video link on Tuesday, for one count of rape, which took place between 10th July 2000 and 9th July 2002 and had a “devastating impact” on his victim, a girl aged around 14. Hussain led the young girl down an alleyway and said he would not let her back out unless she had sex with him. She refused and he raped her. She cried throughout. Officers from Operation Stovewood - the NCA’s enquiry into historic allegations of sexual abuse in Rotherham - contacted the victims, now in their 30s, after identifying they may have been victims of child sexual abuse. During his trial his victim told the Jury Hussain had told her: "It was my own fault". The prosecution said Hussain told her that she "shouldn't have walked around in what I was dressed in". He was also accused of saying she "deserved it and that is what white girls were for." The complainant watched Hussain being sentenced in court on Tuesday and was thanked by Judge Thomas for how she had conducted herself during the court proceedings. Addressing Hussain, the Judge said: “I also bear in mind the serious medical condition that you now suffer from that means that you had to appear for the entirety of the trial via a prison video link because you could not travel to and from court each day,” he told the defendant. “I accept you have used your time in custody constructively.” The court heard his record in custody has been ‘unblemished’ and he is now on enhanced status and was a “mentor to others”. “I have concluded that the just sentence…is a sentence of three years in imprisonment, which will be served starting from today,” he said. “The effect is that you will serve half of that sentence before being released on licence and under supervision for the remainder of this sentence and the remainder of the sentence you have already been sentenced to.” On a video link from HMP Moorland in South Yorkshire Hussain sat leaning forward to hear his sentence and placed his head in his hands as it was read out. Wearing a cardigan over a red T-shirt, he appeared to wipe away tears as his fate was announced. He shouted ‘Your honour, hello can you hear me?’ To which he was told any questions would have to be put to his counsel outside court and he replied ‘thank you very much’ and put his thumbs up to the Judge. Operation Stovewood investigators had charged Hussain in February 2024 while he was already in prison for sexual offences identified in a separate South Yorkshire Police investigation. Hussain was found guilty on July 23rd 2025, following a trial in which two co-defendants were also convicted of raping a different girl. The latest sentence Hussain received will run consecutive to his current sentence. NCA senior investigating officer Alan Hastings said: “The victim has shown enormous strength and fortitude in reporting what Sageer Hussain did to her. “The woman bravely told officers about Hussain’s horrific crime against her, and that significantly helped our investigation. Officers subsequently identified corroborating evidence that enabled us to secure justice for the woman. Hussain, who is already serving time for raping another girl, will now remain in prison for longer. “Reporting child sexual abuse can feel daunting but there are specially trained officers who are waiting to help victims and seek justice for them if they feel ready. I encourage victims to contact police, no matter how long ago sexual abuse occurred.” They said the NCA's Operation Stovewood remains the single biggest investigation of its kind, looking at allegations of abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. To date 49 people – including Hussain. His co-defendants are due to be sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on November 21st.