Overview
- Fawaz Alsamaou, 33, pleaded guilty at Newport Crown Court to sexual assault and intentional strangulation and was sentenced to 37 months in prison.
- Judge Celia Hughes said Alsamaou is highly likely to be deported after his sentence, as the victim’s impact statement described anxiety, nightmares and time off work.
- In York, Eid Anwar Fathi Najjar, 20, described in court as a failed asylum seeker who arrived by small boat in 2022, pleaded guilty to rape and sexual assault.
- Recorder of York Judge Sean Morris remanded Najjar in custody, ordered a pre-sentence report and said a custodial term is inevitable ahead of sentencing on 4 December.
- Prosecutors withdrew the rape charge against Mohammed Abrahim Abuzet after determining the evidential test was not met, with police linking suspects through nightclub CCTV.