A man who identifies himself as being from Western Sahara has been charged with attempted rape, sexual assault and theft
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A man who identifies himself as being from Western Sahara has been charged with attempted rape, sexual assault and theft following an alleged attack on a woman in Tyneside.
Yassim Ahmed, 27, of no fixed abode, was arrested on Wednesday evening, October 28, after police received a report that a woman had been threatened and sexually assaulted in Wallsend.
The alleged incident took place in the St Peter’s Road area at around 8.45pm on Tuesday, October 27.
Ahmed was charged on Saturday and is due to appear at South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court on Monday, November 2.
The woman is continuing to receive support from specially trained officers.
Police have urged the public not to speculate about the case or share unverified information online, warning that rumours could cause distress to those affected and potentially jeopardise court proceedings.
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in north-west Africa, bordering Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania.
It covers around 266,000 square kilometres but has a population of approximately 600,000 people, according to UN estimates for 2025.
The population of Western Sahara is predominantly Sahrawi, an Arab-Berber people.
Formerly a Spanish colony, Western Sahara has been the subject of a decades-long dispute between Morocco, which controls most of the territory, and the pro-independence Polisario Front, which seeks to establish an independent Sahrawi state.
The conflict has also displaced large numbers of Sahrawis, many of whom live in refugee camps in neighbouring Algeria.
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