Small boat migrant jailed after he broke into family house to expose himself to girls

Mohammed Abbas, 29, has been jailed for six years after breaking into a family home in Cardiff and sexually offending in front of three girls. The judge said he posed a “real and imminent” threat to women and girls and found he intended to rape at least one of them.

The incident happened in the early hours, days after Abbas arrived in the UK by small boat from France in March and while he was living in Home Office accommodation. He pleaded guilty to burglary, trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence and two counts of sexual activity in the presence of a child. His sentence includes an extended licence period of three years; the Home Office has said it will seek to deport him at the earliest opportunity.