A Qatari rapist camel herder, Nasser Al-Gherainiq, who brutally sexually attacked a woman in a UK hospital attempted to attribute the incident to his “limited interaction” with women in his native country.
Nasser Al-Gherainiq forcibly pulled the victim into a lavatory at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, South West London.
The 27-year-old travelled to the UK from his home country of Qatar to have treatment for a rare cardiac disease.
Nasser Al-Gherainiq, who confessed to sexual assault and compelling an individual to participate in sexual conduct without consent, was further found guilty of two counts of attempted rape.
He has been sentenced to seven years in prison and will be deported upon his release.
His defence attorney, Jane Bickerstaff KC, informed Southwark Crown Court that the perpetrator likely had minimal interaction with women beyond his family.
The court was informed that Nasser Al-Gherainiq instructed the victim to accompany him to the lavatory, thereafter dragging her into the cubicle during the incident in August 2023.
In a victim impact statement, she told how felt “so scared” and “frozen with fear”.
She added: “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.
“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“I am withdrawn and highly anxious and overly cautious, especially when I’m on my own in an unfamiliar environment.”
Judge Adam Hiddleston told Nasser Al-Gherainiq, who listened to the sentence through an Arabic interpreter, rejected his plea to impose a lower jail term due to his background.
The judge said: “I appreciate the cultural differences between the world in which you grew up and in the United Kingdom.
“You knew perfectly well what you were doing was against her wishes.”
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