Syrian refugee Omar Badreddin, who was portrayed as a victim by BBC, found guilty of raping a minor multiple times with three others

On 1st March, Syrian refugees identified as Omar Badreddin and his brother Mohamed Badreddin along with two others identified as Huzaefa Aleboud and Hamoud Al Soaimi, were sentenced by Newcastle Crown Court in UK to a combined sentence of 38.5 years for raping a 13-year-old minor girl multiple times between August 2018 and April 2019. Interestingly, Omar was painted as a victim of wrong arrest in 2016 when he was found “not guilty” of raping a minor.

While Omar, Mohamed and Huzaefa were found guilty of raping the victim multiple times, Hamoud was found guilty of sexually assaulting the victim. Notably, during the trial it was revealed that Hamoud also raped a 12-year-old.

As per the victim’s testimony, her attackers tortured her and made her life a living nightmare. According to Judge Amanda Rippon, the victim was already in an extremely vulnerable situation when she met the convicts in Newcastle. She was groomed with alcohol and cigarettes by the convicts and later abused repeatedly near the castle in Newcastle city centre and behind a burger restaurant.