Overview

• Sharwarq pleaded guilty to two counts of common assault and four counts of assault by beating committed at the Bell Hotel in Epping.
• The offences, carried out between July 25 and August 12, involved four male victims, including two fellow residents and two members of staff.
• Prosecutors dropped a separate sexual assault allegation that he had denied, which had accused him of kissing a man on the back of the neck.
• District Judge Lynette Woodrow imposed 16 weeks' imprisonment and ordered £300 compensation to one victim, £200 each to two staff members, £85 costs and a £154 victim surcharge.
• The court was told he entered the UK by boat after travel via Turkey and Germany, and the judge noted he has signed documentation to facilitate voluntary resettlement to Syria.