An Iranian asylum seeker, Hossein Mohmoudi, 37, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to r+pe a 43-year-old woman after stalking her for about an hour as she returned from a Christmas party in December 2024.
Mohmoudi followed the woman for about three miles, from Whitechapel to Stratford, before att@cking her in an alleyway. The a§§ault was interrupted after 27 seconds by a cyclist who came to her rescue.
During his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Mohmoudi reportedly denied the allegation, claiming he could not have committed the offence because he had a “micropen+s.” Two doctors examined him, with consultant urologist Dr George Fowlis telling the court that his pen+s was normal.
He also claimed to have a low s+x drive due to obesity, sm%king and depr+ssion. However, the court heard that he had communicated on a fetish website before the att@ck, a claim he said was an attempt to practise his English.
