A woman abused as a child by convicted paedophile imam Hafiz Rahman (above) has slammed police for failing to arrest him - even though they know where he is after he fled the UK to avoid prison

A woman abused as a child by a paedophile imam who fled the UK to avoid prison has slammed police for failing to arrest him - even though they know where he is.

Hafiz Rahman, 60, escaped to Bangladesh three years ago after being found guilty of abusing two children at his mosque in the West Midlands in the 1980s.

Detectives were unaware he had a second passport, but it can be revealed officers have now located him and are consulting with the Crown Prosecution Service for an extradition warrant.

But one of the victims, who was abused by Rahman for five years from the age of seven in the late 1980s, told MailOnline she was terrified he could be still targeting children.

‘The police let him escape the first time,' she said. 'This must not happen again. Every extra minute he is free means he could take off again.

‘He needs to be arrested straight away. I know they have found where he is. I can’t understand why he isn’t in chains and on a flight back with the police.

The 60-year-old managed to escape to Bangladesh three years ago after being found guilty of abusing two children at his mosque in the West Midlands in the 1980s. One of the victims (above, now 42) told MailOnline: 'Every extra minute he is free means he could take off again'

‘He is a horrible, evil man and my worry is that he is continuing being this fake righteous imam and is doing to kids in Bangladesh what he did to me.'

The recently married now 42-year-old went on: ‘He must be laughing at us over here.

'The police neglected to find out that he had access to a second passport and then all that time and money was wasted on getting him convicted and he just took off.

‘He was found guilty of sexually abusing me and another girl and I believe there would have been many more victims too scared to tell anyone. '

Rahman, a father of seven and grandfather of 10, was arrested in a police raid in 2015 after a MailOnline journalist worked with one of the victims to track him down.

She had gone to police a year before saying she had been abused daily between the ages of seven and 11, but was told Rahman was believed to be abroad.

However, he was still officiating at a mosque in Dudley, living locally and detectives were informed.

After a five day trial, Rahman was found guilty of five charges of indecent assault at Wolverhampton Crown Court on October 8, 2016.

He had repeatedly sexually abused two young girls at Queen’s Cross mosque in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, during religious studies in the late 1980s.

During his trial he feigned illness and his defence team told the court he was too unwell to attend the final two days.

Rahman was found guilty of five charges of indecent assault at Wolverhampton Crown Court on October 8, 2016. He had repeatedly sexually abused two young girls at Queen’s Cross mosque (above) in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, during religious studies in the late 1980s

The night before he was due to be sentenced, police visited him at home to make sure he was complying with his bail conditions. But they did not know he had a second passport and was secretly making plans to flee and he bought a one-way ticket to Bangladesh

As his passport had been confiscated he was allowed home as he was not considered a flight risk.

The night before he was due to be sentenced, police visited him at home to make sure he was complying with his bail conditions.

But they did not know he had a second passport and was secretly making plans to flee and he bought a one-way ticket to Bangladesh from an agency.

He was sentenced in absentia to 11 years imprisonment and made to sign the sex offender’s register with a protection order enforced banning him from working with children again.

Judge Nicholas Cartwright told the court: ‘There was no need to be suspicious that he would not attend his sentencing hearing so no warrant was issued for his arrest after he was convicted.’

One of Rahman’s sons, asked by MailOnline if the abuser had contacted his family in the UK since he turned fugitive refused to comment.

West Midlands police said: ‘Continued efforts are being made to ensure the person responsible is returned to the UK to face justice.

‘We understand his victims' frustrations but we are continually liaising with the CPS and Home Office in a bid to secure his extradition. We will, of course, update the victims with any developments.'

A police source added: ‘We know where he is and we will be trying to get him back as soon as possible but there is a whole legal and diplomatic road to go down ahead of that.’

He was sentenced in absentia to 11 years imprisonment and made to sign the sex offender’s register with a protection order enforced banning him from working with children again. West Mids Police know where he is and are 'trying to secure his extradition'

As Rahman’s victim waits for him to brought to justice, she called for tighter scrutiny of mosques and imams.

‘I worry that other young girls like me are too scared to tell anyone they are being abused.

‘Rahman abused me and made me a scared little child. I didn’t think people would believe me and I never told anyone.

‘When he knew I was getting upset, he would turn up at my house and convince my parents that he was a good Islamic teacher knowing that would make me more scared.

‘I can’t wait to see him brought back to jail and not worry about what he might be doing to kids in Bangladesh.’