A small boat migrant gave a woman a thumbs up before sexually assaulting her and later told police he didn’t think he had “done anything wrong”.
A smirking Hawre Mohamed could be seen in video footage pushing his way through the ticket barriers at Crawley Station in West Sussex.
The clip then shows the Iraqi asylum seeker giving a thumbs-up before making his way onto the platform and sitting on a bench before boarding a train.
The 27-year-old small boat migrant sat next to the woman and asked where she lived before saying: “I want to have sex with you.”
Croydon Magistrates Court heard on Monday that as the woman tried to get away, Mohamed attempted to kiss her.
Barto de Lotbiniere, prosecuting, said the defendant had “squeezed her bum” and “held the complainant’s thigh”.
The victim managed to escape the ordeal around 15 minutes later at Redhill Station.
Mohamed was arrested on October 2 following the incident on September 22.
Footage shows Mohamed giving a thumbs-up before making his way onto the platform
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He told police “I don’t believe I have done anything wrong”, that he had spoken to “many females that day”, and said in court the victim “wanted sex”.
Eleanor Umeyor, defending, said the defendant had moved from the victim once “consent was withdrawn”.
Mohamed had been living in a taxpayer-funded hotel at the time of the incident.
His asylum claim is being processed by the Home Office.
Mohamed is expected to be sentenced on December 8
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District Judge, Nicola Fleck, found Mohamed guilty of sexual assault.
He was remanded in custody following the court hearing.
Mohamed is expected to be sentenced on December 8.
According to Home Office figures, in the year ending June 2025, there were 49,341 detected “irregular” arrivals to Britain, up 27 per cent from the previous year.
A total of 88 per cent of these arrivals came to Britain on small boats.
Of the 49,341 recorded arrivals, 13 per cent were from Iraq.