- Former maths teacher Syed Ahmed, 38, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with a three-year extended licence for a series of child sex offences.
- Southwark Crown Court heard Ahmed posed as teenage boys on social media apps including Snapchat, Wizz and Yubo to groom vulnerable girls aged between 13 and 16.
- Ahmed used fake names, filtered images and declarations of love to gain trust before persuading five victims to meet him and driving them to isolated locations.
- The defendant was convicted of multiple offences including rape, sexual assault, blackmail and meeting a child following sexual grooming.
- The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed Ahmed resigned from his teaching post in Essex following his arrest in May 2023.
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