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| Burnley abduction: Sex offender jailed for life for taking six-year-old girl | Burnley abduction: Sex offender jailed for life for taking six-year-old girl |
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| A registered sex offender who abducted a six-year-old girl from a street "to satisfy his perverted desires" has been jailed for life. | A registered sex offender who abducted a six-year-old girl from a street "to satisfy his perverted desires" has been jailed for life. |
| Imran Khan, 34, bundled the girl into the boot of his car in Nairne Street, Burnley, Lancashire, on 26 March. | Imran Khan, 34, bundled the girl into the boot of his car in Nairne Street, Burnley, Lancashire, on 26 March. |
| He then drove more than four miles away before exposing himself and trying to force her to commit a sexual act. | He then drove more than four miles away before exposing himself and trying to force her to commit a sexual act. |
| Khan was jailed for a minimum term of six years and 215 days at Burnley Crown Court after admitting taking the girl. | Khan was jailed for a minimum term of six years and 215 days at Burnley Crown Court after admitting taking the girl. |
| 'Planned and predatory' | |
| At an earlier hearing, he also pleaded guilty to intending to commit a sexual offence and breaching a sexual offences' prevention order. | At an earlier hearing, he also pleaded guilty to intending to commit a sexual offence and breaching a sexual offences' prevention order. |
| Khan who drove to Scarth Lane, in Hapton, later dumped the girl in a wheelie bin before she freed herself and was found wandering alone in distress by other children, the court had earlier heard. | Khan who drove to Scarth Lane, in Hapton, later dumped the girl in a wheelie bin before she freed herself and was found wandering alone in distress by other children, the court had earlier heard. |
| During sentencing the judge said the kidnapping was "planned and predatory to satisfy his perverted desires". | |
| Khan, of Pendle Street, Accrington, was convicted in 2008 of a sexual offence involving a 12-year-old girl, police said. | Khan, of Pendle Street, Accrington, was convicted in 2008 of a sexual offence involving a 12-year-old girl, police said. |
| Det Insp Jim Elston said the girl had been through a "horrendous ordeal... which has left a lasting effect on her and her family". | |
| "I hope that now Khan is behind bars that the family are able to start moving forward with their lives and the victim is able to try and enjoy a normal, happy childhood which she fully deserves, despite this trauma." | |
| The National Probation Service is carrying out internal review of the case and Lancashire Police will look at whether any lessons can be learned. |