Sex assault man 'misunderstood victim's refusal'
A MARRIED man who sexually assaulted a woman after he misunderstood what she meant by "stop" has been given a suspended jail term.
Business student Serwan Saed, an Iraqi Kurd, groped the woman as he was driving her car, Bristol Crown Court heard.
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When he asked her if she would like him to stop and she said "yes", he misunderstood, stopped in a field and touched her improperly.
The 26-year-old from Birch Road, Yate, whose wife and an interpreter attended court for the sentence, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a female in July last year.
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Judge Michael Longman gave him an 11-month sentence, suspended for two years.
The judge told him: "I accept the language difficulties and miscommunication resulted in you misinterpreting what (the victim) meant.
"But that is not a complete explanation for your behaviour and you should have stopped before you did.
"I accept you believed that she was consenting, however unreasonable that belief was.
"You should have taken more care to ensure that she was happy with what you were doing."
The judge ordered Saed to be supervised for a year and banned him from the Tesco Express in Station Road, Yate.
He was excluded from going to the victim's address, told to pay her £500 compensation and ordered to sign as a sex offender for ten years.
Timothy Hills, prosecuting, said that Saed had complimented the woman on her appearance in the Tesco shop and they exchanged telephone numbers.
The next day, however, Saed touched her improperly as he took her on a drive and carried out the five-minute assault, as she froze, when she told him to stop.
Mr Hills said: "Afterwards she went home and showered thoroughly.
"She received a text from the defendant, asking if he could give her number to his mate.
"She said: 'I will not be seeing you again. You made me feel dirty and I am not. Please don't give my number to anyone.' "
The court heard the woman felt unable to relay her ordeal to anyone, but told her GP and was advised to inform police.
Catherine Spedding, defending, said: "It was an unreasonable belief in consent.
"She said she wanted him to stop and he misunderstood that.
"She was fearful and she didn't speak. He believed he had permission to go on."
Ms Spedding said her client would be "extremely cautious" in future and his wife was fully aware of the allegations and continued to support him.
Comments
by ScarlettOHara
Sunday, September 02 2012, 5:56AM
“Sexually assaulting what they call "white sluts" is popular sport for blacks/brown men invading Europe. It's been going on for decades, all across Scandinavia, and U.K. Almost all rape is non-white-on-white, as in USA. This particular islamo-rapist knew damn well what he was doing. He is counting on the soft, criminal-coddling, "diversity-promoting" left-wing courts to believe his feeble excuse and give him a slap on wrist.”
by Stagnate
Wednesday, August 15 2012, 1:53PM
“Foreign nationals, irrespective of their country of origin even if it is within the EU, should be deported immediately on sentencing and without the usual official, and semi official, backsliding that usually accompanies deportation.
I would also advocate that those foreign nationals on being charged with a criminal offence should be remanded in custody so as there is not the possibility of them 'disappearing' whilst on bail.
Draconian, yes; possibly discriminatory, yes.
Those who choose to live - for whatever reason, study or work within the UK should abide by its' laws and customs just as most other countries expect residents to abide by theirs. I include in that being fully conversant with the language.”
by Pyronaught
Wednesday, August 15 2012, 11:16AM
“Even worse - I just realised it says he's a BUSINESS STUDENT ! God help us all - a business student who doesn't understand the language of the country he's studying in.”
by Cider_Dog
Wednesday, August 15 2012, 11:03AM
“"She received a text from the defendant, asking if he could give her number to his mate."...Classy.”
by Pyronaught
Wednesday, August 15 2012, 8:59AM
“Right - so this bloke cant understand a simple instruction - or read the (presumed) expression of distaste on the woman's face (did she actually make any physical move to stop him?) - yet he was able to communicate perfectly well about her appearance and was able to swap phone numbers and text her asking if he could pass her number to a mate. He also managed to persuade her to let him drive her car!!!!!! Was he insured, I wonder - and if he cant understand the simplest English - what the hell was he doing behind the wheel? Just how stupid was the judge in this case and how much did he get paid to make this monumentally idiotic decision??”
by Bluebluemoon
Wednesday, August 15 2012, 8:14AM
“Was with all the red arrows ?... All a bit touchy arnt we ?...A bit like old Serwan.”
by jceegas
Tuesday, August 14 2012, 5:56PM
“be nice to feed bluebluemoon to a pack of wolfs”
by jceegas
Tuesday, August 14 2012, 5:54PM
“should be deported........anyone who comes to live in the uk and commits crime should be banned and deported it should be a rule of all people coming to reside in the uk”
by Big_Gregory
Tuesday, August 14 2012, 8:42AM
“Not a lot of respect for women in the middle east - would he have been tried in his homeland? I doubt it.”
by penniner
Tuesday, August 14 2012, 12:42AM
“Appalling and a disgrace.Should have been jailed so played the race card.”