Keith Kent

Hamoud Al-Soaimi was found guilty of 3 counts of sexual assault, including sex with a 12-year-old girl. He received 180 hours of community service. No jail. In Newcastle, two vulnerable girls were groomed, passed around, and repeatedly raped. Hamoud Al-Soaimi was convicted of three counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration. But when he stood up to be sentenced on 1 March 2024, he did not go to prison. He was given two years, suspended for two years, and 180 hours of unpaid work. He walked out of court a free man. The media barely reported his sentence. The BBC, who had once made a sympathetic documentary about the Badreddin family as Syrian refugees, went quiet. The politicians who scream about protecting children said nothing. No outrage from Labour. No outrage from the Home Office. No emergency debate in Parliament. When people tried to get the sentence increased as unduly lenient, the bid failed. The system closed ranks and decided that 180 hours of sweeping streets was justice for a child rape gang victim. A white British veteran, Adam Smith-Connor, prayed silently outside an abortion clinic and got a conviction, a criminal record, and thousands in costs. A white British man posted an angry Facebook post after Southport and got 2 to 3 years in immediate custody. Hamoud Al-Soaimi sexually assaulted children in a grooming gang and got a suspended sentence and 180 hours. That is not justice. That is a two-tier system. That is politicians and judges protecting the narrative of multiculturalism instead of protecting British girls.