Overview

• The Crown told the court the defendant said he wanted a baby with each of two 14-year-old girls and tried to kiss them after accepting pizza.
• Prosecutors said he invited the teenagers back to the Bell Hotel in Epping, where he was living after recently arriving in the UK.
• A police video interview from one 14-year-old described refusals to drink beer and the man saying that age does not matter.
• Another woman alleges he put his hand on her leg and attempted to kiss her after she offered help with his CV.
• The case has drawn protests outside the former Bell Hotel, with court listings showing the owner's appeal over asylum use due Thursday and separate charges brought against another resident and men over protest-related disorder.