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Mohamed Ali Ahmed

Alias

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Offences

Indecent assault of four Christchurch children aged six to eight in late 1998 and early 1999

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1974

Current Location

unknown - possibly deported

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 18 months in September 1999

Background
From Christchurch Press story 24th September 1999
A Somali refugee who began preying sexually on young children has been jailed and faces deportation from New Zealand. Mohamed Ali Ahmed, 25, unemployed, began molesting children within months of arriving in the country in October last year. Christchurch District Court Judge Murray Abbott yesterday sentenced him to 18 months jail - but said that term could be reduced if it meant Ahmed could be deported earlier.

Ahmed was found guilty by a district court jury of three charges of indecent assault, one of assaulting a child, and one of unlawfully entering a building. All four children were aged between six and eight years. David Bunce, defending, said Ahmed continued to maintain his innocence but had agreed to withdraw his application for refugee status in New Zealand. Since arriving, he had been socially isolated from the Somali community and society as a whole. Prosecutor Craig Ruane described Ahmed's offending as "predatory".

Common themes were that the children were unknown to him and were playing outside their homes, were taken by him to a more secluded place, and then assaulted, he said. Judge Abbott said sad aspects of the case included the fact that children could not feel safe playing outside their own houses, and the slur which Ahmed's activities had placed on the Somali community as a whole. Sentencing him to 18 months jail, Judge Abbott said: "The public interest dictates that you should be deported from New Zealand as soon as is practicable. In that event, I would be prepared to entertain an application for reduction of the sentence."

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