Police hailed as heroes after rescuing a woman hidden in a filthy Glasgow flat. Sohail Ahmed, 52, has been handed a hefty jail term for abducting and sexually assaulting women in city/" title="The City" rel="nofollow">the city.
Nine Years Behind Bars and Lifelong Restrictions
Ahmed appeared at Glasgow High Court on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, following his conviction in March. He was sentenced to a minimum of nine years in prison and slapped with a lifelong restriction order. He’s also on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely and barred from contacting his victims by non-harassment orders.
Disturbing Details of the Crimes
- In December 2022, Ahmed took his first victim to a Glasgow flat, where he seriously sexually assaulted her and tried to stop her leaving.
- In August 2023, a second victim was subjected to the same nightmare in the same flat.
- Her worried friend alerted police, who found Ahmed desperately hiding the woman amid a chaotic, rubbish-strewn property.
Prosecutors praised officers’ dogged determination to save the victim from Ahmed’s grasp, bringing the predator to justice at last.
