Suleman Aqeel

A man has been jailed for the rape and sexual abuse of a woman and child in Bristol.

Suleman Aqeel, 23, of Elstree Road, Speedwell, Bristol, was convicted and sentenced to 17 years at Bristol Crown Court

He will serve 12 years in prison and a further five years on licence.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and sexual assault by penetration of a woman aged 16 or over, the rape of a girl under 16, controlling and coercive behaviour with violence, taking indecent images of children, intentional strangulation, meeting a child following sexual grooming, and sexual activity with a child.

Aqeel used social media, including sites such as Snapchat, to arrange to meet young girls. He drove an orange BMW and would give his victims alcohol before sexually abusing them, sometimes when they were asleep.

On one occasion, he drove one of his victims to Baddock’s Wood, in Southmead, and persisted in his sexual advances against her wishes before raping her.

He would also frequently film his offending on a mobile phone and was either violent to his victims or made threats of violence against them, would damage property belonging to them, used a tracking device on one victim’s phone, used degrading and insulting language, and would also make threats to disclose intimate videos and images.

Aqeel was arrested on 4 June 2025 and was charged the following day ahead of his first court appearance on 6 June last year.

Source: UK Database on Facebook