Migrant who sexually assaulted girl, 15, & then fled to UK from Germany to be deported after 11 months in taxpayer hotel
The migrant was living off €400-per-month unemployment when he was sentenced
A MIGRANT who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl and fled to the UK from Germany will be deported after spending 11 months in a taxpayer hotel.
Azizadeen Alsheikh Suliman left Syria after being shot in the foot – arriving in Germany before crossing the Channel to England via small boat.
The 31-year-old is understood to have given a false spelling of his name when he arrived in the country before being placed in hotel accommodation in Cheshire, a court heard.
He was then identified as a fugitive and held on a European Arrest Warrant after being arrested at his taxpayer funded accommodation by the National Crime Agency in October last year.
The local authority, police and local MP were all reportedly left “in the dark” about Suliman’s criminal past.
The Syrian migrant was convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in the German city of Osnabrück in 2022, the Daily Mail reports.
While on a boozy night out in the city Suliman asked the teenager to light his cigarette before swapping Instagram accounts with her.
He proceeded to “touch her bare stomach” before giving her half a gram of cannabis and “moving closer and attempting to kiss her”, according to German court documents.
When the young girl tried to escape Suliman’s advances he “stood in her way and prevented her from passing him by placing his arm around her shoulders.”
“With his other hand, the defendant first touched the victim against her will above her clothing on her chest and bottom and then tried to pull down her trousers,” the court judgement states.
The youngster was unable to stop Suliman from touching her and exposing himself, documents state.
She told her mother about the attack and Suliman was traced via Instagram, arrested and convicted.
He was also slapped with a conviction for supplying drugs to a minor and handed a suspended prison sentence.
Westminster Magistrates Court heard he stopped paying a financial order imposed by the German courts when he became unemployed.
Facing down a possible prison sentence Suliman fled to Britain where he claimed asylum.
Suliman was housed in a taxpayer funded hotel in Hale, Greater Manchester with his wife and newborn baby.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today wearing grey prison clothes, aided by an Arabic interpreter.
District Judge Timothy King read out the decision made by his colleague District Judge Nina Tempia.
He said: “The decision by Judge Tempia is to order your extradition to Germany.
“None of the reasons put forward on your behalf as to why you should not be extradited have been found to apply.”
Suliman was told that he has seven days to appeal the decision.
“If you don’t do so in that time frame you may lose the opportunity to appeal,” the judge said.
“You will remain in custody until either your extradition takes place or until further hearings if you choose to appeal.”
Last week Suliman appeared in court to fight his deportation, claiming that his life would be at risk if he were extradited back to Germany.
He said: “My tribe in Syria is Bany Sabaa. It is a big, huge tribe. The family are always in conflict and in revenge.
“If I meet any of them in the street, they are going to take revenge.
“We knew each other very well through social media and the community.”
He added: “My cousin killed five males from another family. They burned the houses as well. They burnt the whole village.
“They killed three of my cousins in revenge. So they are still missing another two. And I am one of these two.”
Suliman’s pregnant wife also said in court: “After a strike was launched on a hospital in Syria, I lost my father and two siblings. My mum was injured in her arm.
“In 2022 we moved to Lebanon for a UN health programme.
She added: “Since I left Lebanon my only family is my husband and my children.
“If my husband is extradited to Germany I will have to follow him as I have no one to help me in the UK.”
Sophia Kerridge, defending, argued extraditing Suliman could lead to a breach of his Article 8 rights under the ECHR, which guarantees the “right to respect for your private life, your family life, your home and your correspondence.”
She told the court: “He has walked away from that suspended sentence but there were good and justified reasons for that, due to the increased risk of violence he faced.
“As a result of his cousin’s actions in Syria and by poor luck that he is related to that individual.
“It’s possible he may never meet his other son in the event he is extradited.
“If he is extradited to Germany, he will have to start his asylum claim from scratch or reapply here in the UK. Both are likely to complicate access for a return to his family.”
But Miriam Smith, for the German authorities, said: “This is a serious offence. It is a sustained sexual assault on a 15-year-old female.
“It can’t be a coincidence that he gave different details in the UK on arrival.
“The evidence of his fear of tribal violence simply doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
“His wife would still be able to live in the same accommodation and continue to be financially supported by the public.”
Suliman first arrived in Germany under the name Izalden Alshaik Suleman and claimed asylum at the age of 21, a court heard.
He worked as a labourer then a kitchen assistant before a brief stint trying to start up a snack bar business.
When he was sentenced Suliman was living off €400-per-month unemployment and housing and energy hand-outs.
He had a previous conviction in Germany for driving without a licence.
The Sun has contacted the Home Office for comment.
