A 20-year-old UAE Paedophile, Hamdan Alshamsi, was arraigned in court Wednesday on charges of abducting and raping a 13-year-old girl. Sussex Police announced today: “A man has been charged with the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl subsequent to an investigation in Brighton.”
Hamdan Alshamsi, 20, from the United Arab Emirates, was apprehended and charged with two charges of rape and child abduction of the victim.
“They are acquainted with one another.” [Editor’s Note: So what?]
Hamdan Alshamsi attended Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, December 31, and was remanded in jail to appear before Brighton Crown Court on Tuesday, January 28.
The victim is receiving assistance from professionally trained officers.
Detective Chief Inspector Steve Cobbett stated, “Sussex Police regards all reports of sexual violence offences with utmost seriousness.”
UPDATE 29.03.25
Man who travelled to UK from U.A.E to engage in sexual activity with a teenage girl has been jailed.
Hamdan Alshamsi, 21, was in contact with the girl online and booked a hotel in Brighton when he arrived in the UK.
Police carried out an extensive search of the hotel and seafront to safely locate the victim who received support from specially-trained officers.
Alshamsi was also safely arrested at the scene.
The court was told how the victim, a teenage girl who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had left her home and travelled to Brighton to meet Alshamsi, who knew her age.
He reserved a hotel room on Brighton seafront on December 27, and she later attended the hotel that day, where he then committed sexual offences against her.
Officers were able to locate her after a lengthy search over several hours along Brighton seafront.
The victim was found wandering in the hotel by officers, and was taken into police protection.
Officers searched the hotel to look for Alshamsi, who was eventually found in the wellness and spa area and placed under arrest.
Inside his room, police found condoms and vodka that he had purchased.
Alshamsi, of no fixed address, had travelled from the United Arab Emirates to the UK.
He is now beginning his prison sentence.
The victim’s family said the sexual offences continue to have a long-lasting impact on her.
Hamdan Alshamsi was jailed for six years, after admitting three counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child at an earlier hearing.
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