He persuaded the girl to perform sex acts on him in the toilets of a heritage building
until 2018, and when Malaj was finally interviewed, he denied knowing his victim. Recorder Kealey said it was absolutely clear from her impact statement that the abuse his victim suffered had a very significant effect on her.
A paedophile who used free ice creams to entice a victim into performing sex acts on him in the toilets of the heritage building where he worked has been jailed. Arthur Malaj, 37, was given a three-and-half-year sentence yesterday. He told Malaj over a prison video link to HMP Leeds: “In my judgement, there was an element of grooming.” But he said he took into account the fact that Malaj had no previous convictions and there had been no further offending for more than a decade.
The court heard that the defendant was set to be sentenced in August, but his barrister, Danielle Graham, said he had “panicked” when it all became too much for him. He then went on the run and was wanted by police on a warrant for almost a month.However, prosecuting barrister Michael Smith submitted that it had been a deliberate attempt to delay justice by effectively walking out of the sentencing hearing.
Malaj, of Range Lane, Halifax, will now have to register as a sex offender with the police for the rest of his life. He will also be subject to an indefinite restraining order that prevents him from having any contact with the complainant in the future.Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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