Sajid Bashir

Sajid Bashir, 27, of Iron Gate, Derby, was sentenced to a total of 16 years imprisonment at Derby Crown Court on August 11, 2026. The sentence includes a four-year extension for violent and sexual offences. Bashir was also issued a restraining order prohibiting contact with both victims.

Bashir admitted to offences of assault and strangulation against one woman. Following a trial, he was found guilty of rape, strangulation, stalking causing serious alarm and distress, and controlling and coercive behaviour against a second woman. The court heard that Bashir’s offending included acts such as kicking, punching, and strangling his victims until they lost consciousness, as well as holding one victim hostage and threatening her with a knife. Some of these offences were committed while Bashir was on bail for the offences involving the first victim.

In addition to the custodial sentence and the extension period, the judge imposed a restraining order preventing any contact between the defendant and either of the two women.