A SEXUAL predator who attacked a 16-year-old girl has been put behind bars.

Foyzul Hoque, of Fifth Avenue, Burnley, pleaded guilty to attacking the teenager at a party.

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The 21-year-old had already been placed on the sex offenders register in 2009 after he assaulted a prostitute who refused to take a cheque as payment.

He was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Burnley Crown Court for sexual assault by penetration.

Speaking after the hearing, officers said Hoque was a ‘high risk’ offender’. Det Const Lee Eckersley, from the public protection unit, said: “It is a good job Hoque is behind bars.

“He is a dangerous man and without a doubt, a sexual predator.”

The attack happened after Hoque picked up the youngster, who had been drinking, at a local takeaway.

He took the teen, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, to a house in Burnley, where she decided to go upstairs to sleep, officers said.

She woke up to find Hoque behind her and pulling at her clothes.

Det Con Eckersley said the girl was struggling and managed to fight her attacker off.

He said: “He met the girl at a takeaway. Alcohol was involved. At the house, she went upstairs and fell asleep.

“The girl was very, very distressed.

“She gave a lengthy victim impact statement and it was quite clear it had a considerable impact on her.

“Hoque was already on the sex offenders register. He is a repeat attacker and a high risk offender.”