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image captionNigha Hussain abused the girl over a five-year period
A man who sexually abused and attempted to rape a young girl has been jailed for 18 years.
Nigha Hussain, 48, was 22 when he began exposing himself in front of his victim in Bradford.
The abuse started in 1995 when the girl was eight and continued over the next five years, police said.
He was found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault, three counts of attempted rape of a child and indecency with a child at Bradford Crown Court.
Hussain, of Court Road, Birmingham, was also placed on the sex offenders register for life.