Overview

• Mourad Malki, also known as Sid Ali Djelid, received a life sentence at Manchester Crown Court with a minimum term of 16 years.
• He must serve two thirds of that term — 14 years and 291 days — before the Parole Board can consider release.
• A jury convicted him of five rapes, one theft and one fraud, after he had already pleaded guilty to three additional thefts.
• The offences between February and July 2024 targeted one woman and two men in and around Canal Street, with victims lured while intoxicated; another man was robbed.
• Phones and cards stolen from victims were traced to Cheetham Hill, including a fraudulent service-station transaction, and he was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life as police continue appeals under Operation Baycliff.