British-Bangladeshi Teacher Abusali Secretly Filmed Schoolgirls, Jailed Six Years

Abusali Rahman, a 37-year-old former supply teacher of Bangladeshi ethnicity and British nationality from Salford, has been jailed for six years at Bolton Crown Court after admitting 21 child sex offences, Daily Dazzling Dawn understands. The court heard that Rahman, who taught English at seven secondary schools across Bury, Bolton, and Salford, targeted 13 identified girls aged between 13 and 16 over a period of nearly two years, between December 2023 and June 2025.

Rahman’s offending began with the creation and sharing of sexualised deepfake images, before escalating to covert upskirting and voyeurism within school premises. He used his iPhone, placed in his top pocket, to film underneath the clothing of pupils without their knowledge, and followed girls walking upstairs to capture footage.

The case came to light in June 2025 when a parent, scrolling through the social media platform X, discovered an image of her daughter in school uniform positioned next to graphic sexual content. This discovery prompted a report to Greater Manchester Police, launching an investigation by the force’s Online Child Abuse Investigation Team (OCAIT).

Detectives linked the account to Rahman, leading to his arrest and the seizure of his laptop and electronic devices. A forensic examination revealed a catalogue of material, including over 100 upskirting images taken covertly in corridors, classrooms, and around school grounds. Officers also found deepfake images where the faces of teenage girls had been transposed onto the bodies of adults or placed alongside adults engaging in sexual activity. Some images carried captions such as “daddy,” “agegap,” and “ddlgkink”.

Rahman had compiled electronic files containing the personal details of female pupils, including their names and addresses, to locate their social media profiles and harvest images for his purposes. In May 2025, he created a document on his phone promoting the sale of what he described as “candid candy” — sexual content — for a one-time payment of £20 via PayPal.

Alexandra Mann, a Senior Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said in a statement that Daily Dazzling Dawn has reviewed: “Abusali Rahman abused his position as a teacher to capture images of children without their knowledge in a school environment where they were entitled to feel safe. Rahman also created and shared sexualised deepfake images of pupils on social media, which is a gross breach of trust. Misuse of emerging technology is a serious crime and it has had a profound impact on both the victims and wider community”.

The court heard that Rahman had made searches on his phone including “how to upskirt without getting caught” and “where to buy spy cameras.” He also researched potential defences for teachers arrested for making images of children.

Emma Kehoe, defending Rahman, told the court that her client “knows what he did is horrendous” and was going through a mental health crisis at the time of the offences. The court heard that Rahman, a father-of-one who studied at Manchester Metropolitan University to qualify as an English teacher in July 2023, had no previous convictions.

However, the sentencing judge rejected the suggestion that Rahman’s mental state provided substantial mitigation. Alongside the six-year custodial sentence, Rahman was made the subject of a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. He is banned from working in schools for 20 years.

The Rahman case represents one of the first major UK prosecutions to combine traditional upskirting offences with the emerging threat of AI-generated sexualised imagery of children. Greater Manchester Police have confirmed they remain in contact with all schools where Rahman worked since he qualified as a teacher in 2023. Officers are still working to identify four further girls whose images were found but who have not yet been traced.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council has previously warned that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is a rapidly growing challenge for law enforcement, with offenders exploiting accessible tools to manipulate images of real children. This case, Daily Dazzling Dawn understands, is expected to inform future guidance for schools on staff vetting and digital safeguarding protocols.

Rahman, who has been held in custody since his arrest, will serve his sentence at a facility yet to be confirmed. The schools involved have been offered specialist support by safeguarding teams, and parents of identified victims have been informed.