Atif Mushtaq Gets 56 Months in Prison for Sex with Teen
by David. P. Greisman
A junior-welterweight propect named Atif Mushtaq was sentenced last week to four years and eight months in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, according to British newspaper the Daily Star.
He pleaded guilty last year to having sex with her as well as to one count of “intending to pervert the course of public justice,” as he’d told the girl to claim that she’d told Mushtaq that she was 18, according to a report in Pendle Today.
Mushtaq turned 27 on Oct. 30. He is 4-0-1 with no knockouts.
The Daily Star also noted that Mushtaq proposed to his girlfriend later in the day after hooking up with the teenager.
His first pro bout was in July 2013, when he drew with a 7-154-6 opponent named Kristian Laight. He went on to win four bouts, all by points, topping a foe who was 0-5, one who was 19-110-7, one who was 3-55-2, and then taking a rematch over Laight this past September.
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