Man ordered to cough up five-figure sum as wanted child trafficker Sharam Muhamadi skips bail
A manhunt is underway after Sharam Muhamdi fled South Yorkshire after the first week of his trial
A man linked to a child trafficker, who fled part-way through his Sheffield Crown Court trial, has been ordered to pay a five-figure sum.
On Tuesday (June 9, 2026) , 22-year-old Sharam Muhamdi was found guilty in his absence of two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation. He was granted bail prior to his trial beginning.
Muhamadi, formerly of Hexthorpe Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, attended the first week of his month-long trial, alongside his co-accused, Bawan Harwe.
He subsequently failed to appear and his current whereabouts are unknown. South Yorkshire Police has established that Muhamadi travelled to Birmingham via train, and was last seen in the south-east of the city on May 18, 2026 - the day he first failed to appear at court.
Prior to bail being granted, Muhamadi is understood to have provided what is known as a “surety.”
A surety is someone, such as a relative or friend of the defendant, who guarantees that he or she will surrender to bail - and appear at court when required - and agrees to forfeit a sum of money fixed by the court should they abscond.
Yesterday (June 11, 2026), Haydar Amin was brought before Judge Sarah Wright, to confirm whether there was any reason why he could not pay the “surety” sum of £19,000.
Mr Amin confirmed he was aware that Muhmadi had “failed to surrender to the custody of the court” on May 18, 2026, and failed to advance a reason for not paying the surety.
Judge Wright therefore ordered Mr Amin to pay the surety sum of £19,000 within 28 days at the conclusion of the hearing.
During a separate hearing held immediately afterwards, Judge Wright handed Harwe, Muhamadi’s co-accused, a 32-year sentence for a catalogue of 17 offences - including rape, trafficking and grooming - relating to the abuse of seven girls aged between 12 and 15-years-old.
Judge Wright adjourned sentence for Muhamadi, to “allow more time for him to be found.”
The jury returned unanimously guilty verdicts for Harwe, aged 28, also formerly of Hexthorpe Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, at the same as they found Muhamadi guilty in his absence.
Jurors also cleared Muhamadi of one count of rape of a girl under 13, one count of rape of a girl aged 13/14/15 and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view of exploitation. A charge of sexual assault on a female was dropped during court proceedings.
Harwe’s sentence consists of 29 years’ custody and a three-year extended licence, the latter of which was imposed after Judge Wright ruled Harwe to be a “dangerous” offender who poses a risk of committing further serious offences.
Muhamdi and Harwe trafficked the girls, arranging for them to be brought from another part of South Yorkshire to addresses linked to them in Doncaster.
After plying the girls with alcohol and drugs, Harwe then sexually abused six of the seven girls. All seven complainants were aged between 12 and 15-years-old at the time of the offences.
Some of the girls were friends and were taken together, in pairs, to be sexually abused by Harwe in Doncaster.
The police manhunt for Muhamadi is continuing.
Anyone who sees Muhamadi is asked not to approach him but to call 999 quoting ‘South Yorkshire Police incident number 610 of May 21, 2026’.
You do not have to pass information to police directly. You can also report any information completely anonymously to Crimestoppers, either by calling 0800 555111 or by visiting https://crimestoppers-uk.org/