Grooming gang paedophile admits new charges

Mubarek Ali was already serving 14 years for his part in the Telford paedophile ring brought to justice by Operation Chalice in 2012

A man jailed 12 years ago for a string of child sex offences in Telford has admitted further charges.

Mubarek Ali, 40, whose address was given as HMP Hewell, pleaded guilty at Shrewsbury Crown Court to rape, trafficking and other offences against a young girl between 2004 and 2008.

Ali was part of a paedophile ring uncovered in the town and brought to justice in 2012 as part of Operation Chalice.

He will be sentenced for the new crimes on 20 May.

Det Sgt Cindi Lee of West Mercia Police said: “This case is harrowing and shocking and Ali caused what is likely to be lifelong trauma to the victim."

She added: “Ali is a highly dangerous individual who preyed on young girls, and it is incomprehensible that he would commit such crimes against them."

Refused parole

Ali was automatically released in 2017 after completing half his sentence, but recalled to prison nine months later for breaching the terms of his licence.

That meant the extra years he would have spent on licence were added to his custodial sentence, taking it to 2032.

He then applied unsuccessfully for release in 2022, when the parole board ruled he remained a risk to the public.