A migrant who fled Germany to come to Britain after being convicted of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl is fighting deportation due to human rights.
Azizadeen Alsheikh Suliman, 31, was given a suspended sentence after sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on a boozy night out in the German city of Osnabrück in 2022.
Suliman, who left his native Syria after being shot in the foot, then escaped via a small boat to the UK, the Daily Mail reports.
A court heard that Suliman gave his name incorrectly and was put up in taxpayer-funded accommodation in an upmarket suburb in Greater Manchester, along with his pregnant wife, an asylum seeker whom he married in Nigeria, and their newborn baby.
He was caught out in October, identified as a fugitive, and held under a European Arrest Warrant.
He appeared in court last week claiming his life would be at risk if he were returned to Germany.
But local MPs have been left raging after being unaware of his abhorrent past.
On the boozy night out in 2022, Suliman asked the schoolgirl for a light for his cigarette before swapping Instagram accounts.
Then, he advanced and "touched her bare stomach" beneath her crop top, gave her half a gram of cannabis and "moved closer to her and attempted to kiss her," according to German court documents.
Azizadeen Alsheikh Suliman was housed in the Britannia Ashley Hotel in Greater Manchester
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After the girl rejected his movements towards her, Suliman "stood in her way and prevented her from passing him by placing his arm around her shoulders".
"With his other hand, the defendant first touched the victim against her will above her clothing on her chest and bottom and then tried to pull down her trousers," the judgement read.
And despite the girl "holding her trousers with both hands", she was unable to prevent her attacker from touching her and then exposing himself.
Suliman was convicted of sexual assault and supplying drugs to a minor. He was given a suspended sentence.
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Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that, after he stopped paying a financial order imposed during sentencing, he was facing possible imprisonment before fleeing to the UK.
Now facing deportation, Suliman told the extradition hearing that he is being threatened by family members in Germany.
He also denied misspelling his name, blaming an interpreter for the error.
Suliman claimed that he was from a "huge tribe" in Syria, admitting that his cousin "killed five males from another family", and that they "burnt the whole village".
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that Azizadeen Alsheikh Suliman was facing possible imprisonment after he stopped paying a financial order imposed during sentencing
| PAIn revenge, the other family "killed three of my cousins", he said. "So they are still missing another two. And I am one of these two."
Lawyers representing German authorities said that his explanation "doesn't stand up to scrutiny".
Miriam Smith, for the German authorities, said the UK has become a "safe haven" for those who commit crimes abroad, adding "it can't be a coincidence" he gave an incorrect spelling for his name upon arriving on British shores.
Sophia Kerridge, defending, however said Suliman could breach his Article 8 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees a right to family life.
A judge will now decide whether deporting Suliman would breach his human rights.
Robert Jenrick, fresh off his defection to Reform UK last week, slammed the case.
"This despicable individual needs to be kicked out of the country immediately," he told the Daily Mail.
"It's appalling that taxpayer money was funding the cushy lifestyle of a child abuser.
"Disgusting cases like this will only end when we leave the ECHR and grow a backbone and force other countries to take their criminals back."
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