Richiedente asilo yemenita ha aggredito sessualmente un’adolescente presso l’HMO di Winsford

*Mitigating, Max Saffman said the incident on April 13, 2025, was within months of his arrival in the country to avoid conscription by the Yemeni Houthis.*

*Mr Saffman said: “He was in hostels, hotels, and HMOs, and this incident was at his third accommodation in eight months.*

*”He came to the country without a word of English and against that background it was a culture shock for him to be here.”*

I recognise lawyers have to try to say some words of mitigation, but highlighting that he doesn’t speak any English and that the UK was a culture shock seems odd. It is as if he himself didn’t decide to leave Yemen and travel all the way to the UK to claim asylum but was forced here. It does make it sound like he would have been better off choosing a country close to Yemen. The Houthis don’t even control all of Yemen.

Alternate source of story – [https://www.silk1069.com/news/local-news/man-sentenced-after-sexually-assaulting-woman-in-winsford/](https://www.silk1069.com/news/local-news/man-sentenced-after-sexually-assaulting-woman-in-winsford/)