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Daily Mail
5 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Channel migrant who sexually assaulted teenage girl with special needs in broad daylight is jailed for 14 months
A channel migrant has been handed a 14-month prison sentence after he sexually assaulted an 'extremely vulnerable' teenage girl who has learning difficulties in a park in broad daylight. Aron Hadsh, 27, from Eritrea, who was living at a taxpayer-funded Holiday Inn near Heathrow, attacked the 19-year-old in June last year after she had been sent by her mother to pick up fruit from a food bank. A court heard on Friday how he pursued her to a park in Fulham, west London, where he pinned her on his lap, grabbed her breasts and touched her crotch for several minutes before she escaped. She said he was laughing as she ran away. Hadsh, who illegally entered the UK around three years ago after crossing the Channel, was caught five weeks later after the teenager spotted him while out shopping with her mother. Members of the public detained him until the police arrived. Prosecutor Sam Barker told Isleworth Crown Court the victim has a number of learning difficulties, which means she presents as 'very childlike' and has an 'extreme vulnerability'. Hadsh was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment and a five-year restraining order after being convicted of one count of sexual assault and acquitted of one count of kidnapping in May this year. Shockingly, as he has already spent nearly a year in custody, Hadsh will not spend any more time in prison, despite the judge saying he poses a 'high risk of serious harm to the public'. Whether he will be released into the public or sent to an immigration detention centre is not known. In a statement read out in court, the victim said: 'On the day it happened it made me feel very nervous and scared. I felt that my body shut down.' She added: 'All my life it has been hard to make friends, and this has put me back in my own bubble. I was scared to see him again, in case he would kill me, because he was laughing after he ran off and sexually assaulted me.' Mr Barker said the victim's mother felt 'frustrated' and 'angry' for sending her daughter to collect fruit from the food bank. He said: 'The victim's mother finds herself on edge, which has affected her volunteering at the same food bank.' Wearing a grey T-shirt and a beaded necklace, Hadsh showed no remorse and continued to plead his innocence from the dock during sentencing. Judge Alastair Rolf Hammerton told him: 'I understand your conditions in prison are more challenging because English is not your first language.' He explained that Hadsh was intoxicated at the time of the offence and said he posed 'a high risk of sexual reoffending', adding: 'Your victim was an extremely vulnerable person. She felt scared and vulnerable.' He said the court had to proceed on the assumption Hadsh was a man of good character, given there are no criminal records available from before he entered the UK. Mr Barker said it was impossible to know whether Hadsh, who was granted asylum before the offence, had any convictions before coming to the UK. He added: 'We haven't done the checks, because we can't.' Hadsh was unrepresented at his sentencing after he sacked his defence counsel during the trial.
Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Rapist who attacked 13-year-old girl in park and used fake gun to threaten another victim as he assaulted her is jailed for 14 years
A sexual predator who raped a schoolgirl and attempted to assault another victim by threatening her with a fake gun has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years. Navroop Singh, 24, raped the child aged under 13 in Hayes End Park, Hillingdon, west London, in October last year. Just ten days earlier, he had tried to rape another victim, aged in her 20s, in a different park. Singh had been sitting on a bench in Southall Park, Ealing, in the early hours of October 13 waiting for a potential victim to walk past. He was carrying an imitation firearm, which he had ordered and assembled, and used it to threaten the woman while he attempted to rape her, police have said. Singh was yesterday sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 14 years following a four-day trial at Isleworth Crown Court. On Thursday, he was found guilty of the attempted rape of the woman in Southall Park and the possession of an imitation firearm. He had previously pleaded guilty to three other offences, including the rape of a girl under 13 and the assault of a girl under 13 by penetration. The Metropolitan Police managed to track down Singh using forensics, CCTV and witness accounts. The force launched its investigation following reports of the attempted rape of the woman in Southall Park. Police were alerted by the victim, who, by chance, met with two off duty officers near to the gates of the park. While the investigation was ongoing, a child was raped at a different park on October 23 - with officers drawing a link between the two offences. After trawling through CCTV and securing forensic evidence, police arrested Singh at his home address on October 27. Acting Chief Superintendent Sean Lynch, who leads policing in West Area, said yesterday: 'I would like to commend the strength of the victim-survivors and their families and thank them for their unwavering bravery in reporting these awful incidents to us. 'Today's conviction is testament to the officers' thorough investigation, which has identified a violent sexual offender and undoubtedly prevented further harm. 'We are continuing to prioritise tackling violence against women and girls with our increased specialist teams. 'I hope that the community will find reassurance in our action to put this predator behind bars.'
ITV News
01-07-2025
- ITV News
Thief who tried to snatch Bridgerton star's phone, and previously stole Aled Jones' Rolex, is jailed
Zacariah Boulares was captured on CCTV stealing from a series of victims - the cameras also caught the moment that Genevieve Chennour fought back An 18-year-old from London who tried to steal a mobile phone from a Bridgerton actor has been jailed for 22 months after multiple thefts and an assault. Genevieve Chennour had her phone stolen by Zacariah Boulares, while she was in a Kensington cafe, before fighting back in front of stunned customers. Isleworth Crown Court heard today how he also stole a rucksack from a blind couple - a 50-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man - dining with their young son at a restaurant in Kensington High Street. Boulares was arrested at his home on the same day as his 18th birthday. As he attempted to evade police by climbing out of the window, Boulares told officers: "I specifically target vulnerable people". Boulares was charged with theft and remanded in custody. Following his initial charge, he was charged with two more counts of theft and an assault. He pleaded guilty to all the offences on Thursday, 29 May at Westminster Magistrates' Court. He was previously been sentenced for threatening to behead singer and radio presenter Aled Jones with a machete as he stole his Rolex in Chiswick. Superintendent Owen Renowden, who leads policing in Kensington and Chelsea for the Met, said: "We understand the significant impact that robbery and theft can have on victims – it's an invasive and sometimes violent crime. "We're committed to protecting Londoners and tackling the kind of criminality carried out by Boulares as we make the capital safer. "His behaviour showed a blatant disregard for others and their belongings, even going as far to admit that he only targets vulnerable people. I commend the determination of officers who brought him to justice."
The Sun
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Mystery of Disneyland ‘child marriage' paedo Jacky Jhaj's hidden fortune as not even COPS know how he funds sick stunts
COPS still don't know how the convicted paedo who staged a 'fake wedding' to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris is paying for his sick stunts, a court heard today. Jaskarn "Jacky" Jhaj's bizarre mock marriage involved booking out part of the theme park and is believed to have cost him more than €130,000 (£110,000). 9 9 9 Cops were called to the vile event on Saturday by an actor hired to play the dad of the nine-year-old Ukrainian bride flown out two days before the vile "wedding". Around 100 extras had been hired to pose as congregation members, with the wedding thought to have been filmed by wannabe director Jhaj. He is currently being held by French cops on fraud, identity theft and money laundering charges. The 39-year-old is a convicted paedophile currently wanted by Scotland Yard for breaching court orders imposed when he was caged for four years in 2016 for molesting two 15-year-old girls. Jhaj, who changed his name by deed poll last August to 'London JA', was last seen leaving the UK for Milan in November. This morning, cops told a judge at Isleworth Crown Court in West London that the creep organised fake movie shoots and a Leicester Square film premiere costing thousands of pounds to get close to underage girls. But the authorities - who were at court to beef-up a sexual harm prevention order aimed at stopping Jhaj from having contact with kids - still have no idea how the fame-obsessed paedo is funding his stunts. Benedict Scantlebury, representing the Metropolitan Police, said: 'I can't make any submissions as to the provenance of his wealth. 'But he's a man who clearly seems to have the ability to draw on significant sums of money and he's willing to use that money to spend hundreds of thousands.' He had registered multiple firms with Companies House to arrange and pay for his films, naming as directors people who 'do not appear to be genuine'. Mr Scantlebury said the police wanted to close a loophole in Jhaj's existing sexual harm prevention order that meant he could hire child actors for his stunts as long as they are accompanied by a chaperone. Moment convicted paedophile wandering street with girl, 6, is snared by cops His long history of bizarre stunts includes renting out the Odeon in Leicester Square for a fake film premiere in October 2023, hiring hundreds of kids to act as his fawning fans. Some of the children, who had been hired from casting agencies, were in primary school. Teen girls said they'd been asked to scream for him and try to touch him. Two years earlier - in 2021 - cops were called over concerns about his behaviour towards a 'young girl' on set. A 999 caller told police Jhaj 'tried to get himself and the female actress in a room together', adding that he left in a hurry saying 'I think I'm about to get arrested.' 9 9 A trailer from the film - shown to the court this morning - showed Jhaj apparently firing a machine gun from the top of an armoured car at National Trust-owned mansion Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Jhaj hired around 100 mourners to attend a fake funeral at Brompton Cemetery, West London, in March 2024. He'd booked using a fake name and the actors - including young girls - were unaware he was a sex offender. Three months later, in June, he pulled up in a rented Bugatti supercar outside a dance school in Tower Hamlets, East London, handing out gifts to the students, aged between eight and 14. Jhaj had hired a choreographer to go into the school earlier in the day and hold auditions for another fake production. Then in August 2024 he staged a bizarre shoot near the O2 that saw him blow up a mocked-up BBC News-branded lorry while completely naked. Firefighters were called to the massive blast. On Friday, the court was told: 'The crew did not know that he would be naked during the shoot, and one of the drone operators filming the shoot had his children present at the scene.' Jhaj is suspected of uploading videos from his stunts online using anonymous bot accounts on social media sites. Giving evidence at Isleworth Crown Court this morning, Detective Constable Andy Hawes of the Metropolitan Police said he had 'no doubt' the sicko was also responsible for a two hour YouTube video from 2020 showing the topless pervert driving around picking up girls outside schools. One of the girls was in school uniform. The dash cam-shot video described Jhaj in a title card as a 'dangerous sexual predator' and it promised: 'This footage has never before been seen. Until now.' DC Hawes said blowing up a lorry at the O2 was a 'display of defiance towards the authorities'. 9 9 And the other bizarre stunts betrayed his sense of 'gratuitous entitlement'. The detective added: 'He surrounds himself with children. He enjoys their attention. He wants their affection. 'Thankfully, when he has hired casting agencies to provide children it is their legal requirement to provide chaperones.' He said: 'All of the stunts or the most recent ones are done in alias names, some wearing prosthetics, so in the future he can regale these stories to other females without it being linked to his true identity.' On Friday, a judge was told that perv Jhaj has never admitted what he does is wrong and has refused to take part in sex offender workshops aimed at treating his sick obsession with kids. Probation officers have previously flagged him as posing a 'grooming risk to female children' and required him to take polygraph - lie detector - tests, police said. Jhaj, of Feltham, West London, was first convicted in 2016 - when he was jailed for four years for molesting two 15-year-old girls he'd tricked into thinking he was a bigshot film producer. He later staged a video of him allegedly being mobbed by adoring teens - played by actors - while coming out of prison. Last July, he got a let-off £500 fine after he admitted breaching sex offender register notification requirements by failing to tell cops about a new passport. He was last seen by cops in November 2024, when he told officers at Hampstead police station that he would be flying to Munich on November 10 and returning the next day. Jhaj in fact jetted to Milan, Italy, and has not been seen since - although he is currently wanted for breaching court orders. The cop responsible for investigating the paedo producer, DC Hawes, said this morning: 'There have been extensive checks and at borders, airlines, all means of trying to locate Mr Jhaj but no success.' 9 9 He eventually emerged last Saturday, when he was arrested at Disneyland Paris over the sick wedding prank. Mr Hawes told the court: 'This morning, I took a phone call from the National Crime Agency in Paris who stated that Mr Jhaj has been remanded for four months pending a trial. 'He has lodged an application for bail, which has to be heard within 20 days.' On Friday, Judge Martin Edmunds - who said he'd learnt of Jhaj's arrest from news reports - ruled the case could go ahead in his absence. He stressed that the fake wedding in France was not part of the evidence supporting the police's application to extend the Londoner's sexual harm prevention order. But the judge added: 'I am not in a position to determine the rights or wrongs of the events at Disneyland nor do I purport to do so. 'But I do note they appear similar to other attention seeking stunts which are the subject of this application.' He extended the sexual harm prevention order for a decade and updated its requirements, banning Jhaj from unsupervised contact with kids without prior approval from the cops. In his ruling, Judge Edmunds said: 'The total absence of any evidence showing that the defendant is seeking to address appropriately his preoccupation with children means that a lengthy order is necessary.' He added: 'The stunts show absurd, grandiose thinking, access to very substantial funds to feed his attention-seeking behaviour, and persistent work to generate the illusion that he is a film maker.'
Daily Mail
14-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Man charged over 'threat to behead' protester who set Koran alight outside Turkish consulate
A man who allegedly threatened to behead a protester who set a Koran alight has been remanded in custody. Muhammad Naasir Attaari, 49, was charged with threatening to kill Hamit Coskun after he burned the Muslim holy book outside the Turkish consulate in London on February 13. He is accused of telling an Asda employee that he would behead Coskun and he was later arrested after the staff member reported him to the police, according to the Daily Telegraph. Mr Attaari, originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court, wearing a white cap and a black hoodie and entered no pleas. He is also charged with three counts of possessing a bladed article in a public place. 'With regard to the threats to kill, it has taken place at an Asda store,' Prosecutor Rizwan Amin told the court. 'A member of staff approached him and interacted with this defendant. 'On one particular occasion, there was dialogue between both parties, in particular that someone had burned a Koran, the holy book.' District Judge John Zani told him: 'You face a number of serious offences too serious to be dealt with in this court.' He was remanded in custody and his case was sent to Isleworth Crown Court where he will appear on July 10. Coskun, 50, was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence earlier this month in Westminster Magistrates' Court after setting fire to a copy of the Koran. He shouted 'f*** Islam', 'Islam is religion of terrorism' and 'Koran is burning' while holding the flaming Islamic text above his head, and was ordered to pay £240 as a result of his conviction. He was found guilty of a public order offence motivated by 'hostility towards members of a religious group, namely followers of Islam'. Coskun was also convicted of using disorderly conduct 'within the hearing or sight of a person likely to have caused harassment, alarm or distress', contrary to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986.
