Qatari camel herder sexually assaulted woman while in UK for heart treatment
Nasser al-Gherainiq assaulted the woman in a lavatory at a clinic in Marylebone linked to the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, south-west London. He had come to the UK to receive treatment for a rare heart condition.
The 27-year-old told the victim he needed to go to the lavatory and then pulled her inside the cubicle, Southwark Crown Court heard.
He denied two counts of attempted rape, but was convicted by a jury.
Al-Gherainiq admitted sexual assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without their consent.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, the woman said: 'I was so scared. I felt frozen with fear. I couldn't go anywhere. Although the incident lasted a few minutes, it felt like ages to me. I was very shocked to hear it was only five minutes.
'My life is not the same'
'A few days after the incident I had huge anxiety and fear. I could not leave the house. My life has never been the same. My family still do not know what happened to me. I am so close to my family.
'It has been a lonely and isolated year for me. I am not the outgoing woman I used to be. I am withdrawn and highly anxious and overly cautious, especially when I'm on my own in an unfamiliar environment.'
Jane Bickerstaff KC, defending, told the court: 'Once he has served his sentence he will immediately go back to Qatar. There is no reason for him to apply to remain here.'
She explained that, as a member of a conservative Bedouin tribe in Qatar, Al-Gherainiq would not have had much contact with women who were not members of his family.
'Until July 2023 he had never left Qatar,' she said. 'He would have had minimal experience engaging with women outside a family context. The only woman he would have had any meaningful contact with is his mother.'
Referring to a pre-sentence report prepared on behalf of the defendant Ms Bickerstaff said: 'Limited visits to Doha and a preference for a desert environment curtailed his exposure to urban and modern societal norms.
'This defendant would have had no experience whatsoever of interacting with a woman. We submit that he was equivalent to an immature and inexperienced adolescent. He completely failed to understand her true feelings.'
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