Former supply teacher jailed after taking upskirt photos of children

A supply teacher has been jailed for six years after secretly taking upskirting photos of schoolgirls and using artificial intelligence to "nudify" their images. Abusali Rahman, 37, was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court following admissions of multiple charges related to indecent photography and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Rahman, who worked at seven secondary schools in Bury, Bolton, and Salford, used his iPhone to take covert photographs of students while in classrooms. He also followed pupils as they walked upstairs to capture images, later using these to create altered versions of their social media profiles. These images were combined with explicit pornography and posted online under the username "UK Girl5." The incident came to light when a mother browsing X, formerly known as Twitter, noticed a photo of her daughter in a school uniform paired with graphic sexual content. Detectives traced the account back to Rahman, who was arrested and charged. Police recovered his phone and electronic devices, uncovering evidence of 226 category C images, 25 category B images, and 12 category A images. Rahman had previously created a document promoting the sale of "candid candy" female sexual content online for a one-time fee of £20. Investigators used geo-location data and school uniform details to determine the specific classrooms where the offenses occurred and identify victims. Rahman, a dual UK-Bangladeshi national, taught at 25 different schools in the North West of England. His victims included 15 girls aged between 13 and 16. Some of the affected students were taking GCSE exams at the time, and detectives allowed individual families to decide whether to inform their daughters. During the trial, Rahman admitted to 12 counts of taking indecent photographs via upskirting, along with four counts of publishing obscene articles and three counts of creating AI-generated indecent images of children. He also pleaded guilty to distributing indecent images of a child and operating equipment beneath clothing without consent. Judge Kenderik Horne emphasized the breach of trust, noting Rahman's role as a supply teacher granted him access to vulnerable students. Rahman had previously discussed troubling thoughts with an Imam and entered an arranged marriage with a spouse from Bangladesh, who moved to the UK on a spousal visa.