Iranian asylum seeker jailed 11 years for attempted rape after 'micropenis' defence

Right · 2Hossein Mohmoudi, an Iranian asylum seeker, was sentenced to 11 years in prison at Snaresbrook Crown Court for attempted rape; he had been found guilty in June. 1 2 Right · 1GB News reports an extended licence period of four years, and that he will serve two thirds of the custodial term before being assessed for parole. 2 Right · 2The court heard that he followed a woman for about an hour, including three miles and onto the same bus, as she travelled home from a Christmas celebration in 2024, then tried to rape her in an alleyway. 2 1

Right · 1A passing cyclist intervened and alerted police. A gate obscured the attack, but the woman was heard shouting for him to back off. 1 Right · 1Police used about 30 hours of CCTV to trace him to his home, and he was arrested two days later, according to Det Insp Thomas Meaden of the Metropolitan Police. 1 Right · 2At trial Mohmoudi said he could not have committed the offence because he had a 'micropenis'. He also cited obesity and low libido; GB News adds smoking and depression. His barrister, David Harounoff, argued the assault lasted only 27 seconds, too short for a rape attempt given these conditions. 1 2

Right · 2Consultant urologist Dr George Fowlis told the court his penis was 'normal'. Judge Sarah-Jane Griffiths said she found he was 'clearly able to have sexual intercourse'. GB News says two doctors examined him in his cell. 1 2 Right · 2He admitted browsing a fetish website the day before the attack, saying it was 'helpful for my English'. The prosecutor, Christiaan Moll, said there were other ways to improve English, and the judge said she did not believe he was there to learn. 1 2 Right · 2The judge described him as a 'dangerous sexual predator'. She said he had 'terrified' another woman three months earlier by following her home and waiting outside. Daily Express says he had previously been reported to police for stalking a woman walking her dog. 2 1

Right · 2Both outlets report five previous convictions in Germany, for assault and criminal damage. The Daily Express says he left Iran in 2014 and travelled through several countries. GB News says he piloted a small boat across the Channel and served 10 months in jail for it, and that his defence said he was targeted for protesting against Iran's Islamic regime. The outlets give his age as 35 and 36 respectively. 1 2 Right · 2The victim told the court she feared for her life. Meaden called Mohmoudi a predator who poses a danger to women and girls and said he intended further harm had he not been interrupted. 2 1