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Jericho Paradeza

Six-Month Sentence for Asylum Seeker Who Knocked Woman Unconscious Sparks Outrage

The Poole Magistrates' Court handed asylum seeker Abdoela Berhan a six-month sentence after punching a woman unconcious. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Bencherlite)

On Thursday, 23 July, asylum seeker Abdoela Berhan, 35, was sentenced to six months in prison at Poole Magistrates' Court after punching 20-year-old Cleo Lake unconscious.

Berhan attacked Lake after she rejected his advances outside Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth during the early hours of 7 December 2024.

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