FAWAZ ALSAMAOU

ASYLUM SEEKER 'LIKELY TO BE DEPORTED' AFTER SEXUALLY ASSAULTING WOMAN UNDER BRIDGE

An asylum seeker has been jailed after he sexually assaulted a woman following a night out.

Fawaz Alsamaou, 33, followed the victim after she left a club at around 4am before grabbing her by the neck and dragging her under a bridge, a court heard.

The 33-year-old went on to strangle and sexually assault the terrified woman on May 12 last year before she managed to get away.

During sentencing, Judge Celia Hughes said: "It was a horrible attack on a woman alone at night in Cardiff.

She was entitled to walk home alone at night without being attacked by you, a predatory man.

You say that you're a practising Muslim but your behaviour that night casts doubt on the practise of your faith." "It must have been a petrifying incident for her and had lasting impact on her life." She told him: "You are highly likely to be deported after you have served your sentence." Alsamaou, of Swan Lake, Lockwood, Huddersfield, admitted sexual assault and intentional strangulation.

He has no previous convictions in the UK.

Cardiff court sentenced Alsamaou to 37 months in prison, with a lead offence of sexual assault.