A former supply teacher who took more than 100 upskirt photos of pupils at several secondary schools in the North West is facing jail. Abusali Rahman, 36, pleaded guilty to 21 offences at Bolton Crown Court today.
Rahman, a British national of Bangladeshi ethnicity from Salford, admitted 12 counts of taking indecent photographs of children by upskirting, four counts of publishing an obscene article, three counts of making indecent photographs of children, one count of voyeurism and one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child. His offending began within months of qualifying as a teacher in 2023 and continued until his arrest last year.
Emma Kehoe, defending, said: ‘Mr Rahman knows this is a prison sentence, but he was going through a mental health crisis at the time.’ Greater Manchester Police said Rahman was arrested in June 2025 after a parent raised concerns when an image of their child in school uniform was circulated on social media.
Detective Sergeant Simon France said the guilty pleas were the result of a ‘painstaking, thorough investigation’. He said: ‘We first received reports of Abusali Rahman’s suspected offending in March 2025 and he was arrested in June that year. The offences are alleged to have taken place in several secondary schools across the North West between December 2023 and 2025.’
Alex Mann, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: ‘This was a horrifying case involving an abuse of trust that affected multiple young victims. Rahman fell well below the standards expected of his role – first by sharing sexualised deepfake images online, before escalating to upskirting and voyeurism offences.’ Rahman will be sentenced at a later date.
