Paedophile had ‘deep’ impact on child victim after four years of sexual abuse

The man sexually abused the young victim over four years

A paedophile who sexually touched a girl for four years has been jailed. Arsenad Guraj, 37, began touching the victim inappropriately in Peterborough between March 2019 and July 2023.

The girl told her family after realising she had been sexually assaulted from posters and assemblies at school. Cambridgeshire Police were told and arrested Guraj in April 2024.

During interview, Guraj, of Lincoln Road in Peterborough, denied sexually assaulting the victim. However, on May 12 at Huntingdon Law Courts, he was jailed for five years after being found guilty of two counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching and engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life and handed a restraining order for 12 years and a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. In a personal statement, the victim said Guraj’s offending had led her to a loss of friends, isolation and self-harm, ruining her school life and education.

Detective Sergeant Lauren Kirkup, who investigated, said: “Guraj’s prolonged sexual abuse has had a deep impact on the victim, and I would like to praise her for her bravery in coming forward and supporting us with a prosecution.

“Guraj denied all charges against him, which had the added unpleasantness for the victim and her family of having to sit through a trial, so it’s great he’s been brought to justice.”

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