Overview

• Mohammed Wahid Mohammed, a 22-year-old Syrian asylum seeker, was convicted of three rape charges and two counts of sexual assault against a 12-year-old girl who had run away from home.
• Judge Roderick Henderson branded him a dangerous offender and imposed a 12-year prison term with a five-year extended licence at Birmingham Crown Court on July 17.
• He groomed the victim with a vape, crisps, and fizzy drink in the flat above Villa Supermarket in Handsworth, where he was working illegally, before locking her in a bedroom and assaulting her.
• West Midlands Police released his custody photograph on July 23 to raise public awareness in the wake of last week’s sentencing.
• The Home Office is moving to bar asylum claims from registered sex offenders and immigration officials will make a decision on his potential deportation.