Bolton man charged after alleged grooming of girl in Millom

Malik Abdulhasan has been charged with offences of; meeting a girl under 16 years of age following grooming; two counts of engaging in sexual communications with a child; three offences of making indecent images of children and one of possessing extreme pornographic images.

The 25-year-old offered no indication of plea to all seven offences when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates Court in Barrow.

He is accused of meeting a 12-year-old girl in Millom with the intention of raping her.

The defendant is also alleged to have intentionally communicated with two underage girls for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification in August 2024 in Bolton.

The charges state he made requests for sexual images and on one occasion requested to meet a girl for a sexual purpose.

Abdulhasan, of Glaister Lane, Bolton, is also alleged to have made 23 category A images, 11 category B images, 19 category C images as well as possessing a further three extreme pornographic images displaying a person performing a sex act with a horse, fish and a frog between November 2, 2023, and October 2, 2024.

Magistrates adjourned the case to Preston Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on May 26.