Musabwe Murama

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This record is based on the public reports listed below and was last checked on August 21, 2026. Court outcomes may later change through appeals, resentencing, corrections or updated reporting.

What happened

The linked report from Thestar identifies Musabwe Murama, 38, from Sheffield.

The case concerns 'i dread to think the terror she must have felt,' judge tells cowardly sheffield sex offender who abused teen.

Investigation and court case

Cowardly Musabwe Murama, aged 37, refused to acknowledge his guilt, forcing the young woman he abused as a teenage girl to give evidence in court and endure the ordeal of a trial.

In a statement read to Sheffield Crown Court on the complainant’s behalf, she revealed the continuing psychological impact of Murama’s abuse, and the way in which it has drastically changed her personality.

Read More Handsworth Road, Handsworth: Patient rushed to hospital after two-vehicle crash in Sheffield neighbourhood Jurors found Murama, of Walling Close, Wincobank, Sheffield, guilty of one count of attempted rape and four counts of sexual assault at the conclusion of a trial at the same court.

During a hearing held on September 19, 2024, Murama’s barrister, Kieran Galvin, acknowledged there was ‘very little to say’ in terms of mitigation, but told the court that Murama is someone who, prior to committing these offences, had a clean criminal record, and thus, had previously been of ‘good character’.

Sentence and restrictions

Murama asked the judge, Recorder David Brooke KC, to bear in mind the principle of totality in mind.

As he sent Murama to begin his prison sentence, Recorder Brooke told him he must remain on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.

Recorder Brooke also praised the complainant and her family for the ‘dignity with which they have conducted’ themselves throughout proceedings.