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👮MET POLICE EMPLOYEE AND BROTHER WALK FREE DESPITE SEXUALLY ASSAULTING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL A Metropolitan Police staff member and his younger brother have avoided prison despite being convicted of sexually assaulting a vulnerable 13-year-old girl. Mohammad Imran Shabbir, 34, who previously worked for the Metropolitan Police, and his brother Muhammad Farhan Shabbir, 25, were handed community orders at Harrow Crown Court after being found guilty of sexual offences against the schoolgirl. Neither man received an immediate prison sentence. The court heard that Mohammad Imran Shabbir sexually assaulted the girl at an address in Colindale, north London. His younger brother was convicted of sexually assaulting the same child during a period. Despite the seriousness of the offences and the young age of their victim, both men were sentenced to unpaid community work rather than imprisonment. Mohammad Imran Shabbir received a two-year community order requiring him to complete 100 hours of unpaid work. He was also prohibited from contacting the victim and made subject to sex offender notification requirements for five years. His brother, Muhammad Farhan Shabbir, was handed a two-year community order requiring 80 hours of unpaid work. He was likewise banned from contacting the victim and made subject to sex offender notification requirements for five years. Both brothers were acquitted of a further allegation of sexual assault involving the same girl. The case involved a child who was just 13 years old when the offences took place. Detective Constable Luke Williams, from the Child Abuse Investigation Command, praised the courage of the young victim in coming forward. He said: “The vulnerable young victim in this case showed great courage in coming forward.” The sentencing outcome raises a difficult question about the punishment imposed for sexual offences against children. Two brothers were convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. One was a former employee of Britain's largest police force. Yet neither was sent to prison. Instead, they received community orders, unpaid work requirements and restrictions on contacting their victim. For the young girl who found the courage to report what happened, the convictions brought legal recognition of the offences committed against her. But the fact remains that both convicted men avoided an immediate custodial sentence.