An asylum seeker whose application was rejected filmed a woman being assaulted on a Sussex coastline and had previously been found guilty of homicide, a court heard.
Karin Al-Danasurt, aged 20, is one of three foreign nationals accused of sexually assaulting a woman on a beach in the southern English coastal town.
During a court session last autumn, prosecutors revealed that the individual had been convicted of homicide in his home country before undertaking a perilous sea crossing to Britain.
He had attempted to enter the UK by traveling across the English Channel in a small watercraft.
In his asylum claim, which was discovered by local law enforcement, the man insisted his homicide conviction was erroneous, attributing the crime to his brother’s actions.
His legal team contested the conviction, prompting the presiding judge to remove the evidence from consideration.
A court in his home country found him guilty in absentia after he completed his journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
Homicide is punishable by execution in that nation, which has carried out more than 300 hangings and firing squad executions over the past ten years.
The defendant captured video footage of his two companions assaulting the unidentified woman after pulling her into a remote area of the shoreline.
He spat on her and uttered a derogatory remark while recording the attack.
The man from Egypt expressed confusion regarding the concept of consent, stating in court that for him, sexual assault equated to sexual intercourse.
He denied that his recorded videos served as trophies meant to impress other migrants staying at accommodations near Horsham where he lived with the other defendants.