Sex pest asylum seeker knocked on stranger's door and asked her for sex while his trousers were down

Hamda Salah tried to get inside the woman's home last June but she managed to shut the door on him.Newcastle Crown Court heard the Egyptian national then burgled a nearby house, urinated on a man's bed and wore a pair of his shorts.

At the time Salah was on two suspended sentences, one of which was for targeting two lone female passengers on a Trans Pennine Express train, which led to him being banned from speaking to any women on public transport.

During the journey, from Leeds to Middlesbrough, Salah sexually assaulted one of the women and showed both of them pornography, which left them upset and unnerved.

In relation to the latest offences Salah, 29, of Ewbank Avenue, Newcastle, admitted attempting to trespass to commit a sexual offence, which prosecutors accept was exposure, and burglary.

Recorder Tony Hawks sentenced him to three years behind bars with lifelong sex offender registration and sexual harm prevention order but added he faces automatic deportation.

Prosecutor Daniel Ingham told the court the victim of the attempted trespass offence had been at home in Newcastle when her doorbell rang at around 7pm.

Mr Ingham said: "The defendant was intoxicated outside her door. The defendant had pulled his trousers down and had his boxers on display.

"She asked the defendant what he wanted and he replied 'sex'.

“She told him no and he asked again. The defendant then began to lean towards her home and tried to come inside.

"She closed the door in his face."

Mr Ingham said it was a few hours later a son found Salah sleeping in his dad's bed at their family home in the city.

He told the court: "The defendant was wearing some of his father's shorts.

"There was a confrontation and the defendant was pushed out of the address."He left with some clothes he had picked up and was making comments about clothing he had left in the house but he was chased away.

"The bed was covered in urine, some photo frames had been smashed and they noticed £140-£160 was taken from a money box."

The court heard as well as the sentence for the train offences in 2024, Salah was also on a suspended jail term for an assault last year.

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Michael Forrest, defending, told the court Salah is remorseful and added: "He is automatically liable for deportation.

"It has been 18 years since he saw his family who reside in Egypt.

"He is fully aware of the consequences of the sentence passed today. He wants to put this all behind him, establish employment and support his family financially."

Recorder Hawks said Salah arrived in the UK in 2023, has asylum seeker status and told him: "You will be automatically deported."