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Offender Databases Mohyadin Farah

Mohyadin Mohamed Farah

Alias

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Offences

Stalked and indecently assaulted a woman in Newtown, Wellington in December 2005
Was on parole at the time and had a history of stalking females and two past convictions for indecent assault, being unlawfully on premises, possessing an offensive weapon and burglary in NZ and an indecent assault conviction in Kenya

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1977

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 4 years with a 2 year 6 month non-parole period in December 2006

Background
From Dominion Post story 9th December 2006
A REFUGEE who has stalked and indecently assaulted three women since his arrival in New Zealand in 2001 has been told he abused the generosity and refuge he was given. "Judges are sick of telling you that it must stop," Justice Warwick Gendall told Mohyadin Mohamed Farah, 29, in the High Court at Wellington yesterday. The judge said Farah, a Somali, was proving to be a menace to the country that had given him refuge and women had been put at risk. Within a year of his arrival, Farah had begun stalking women and abusing alcohol.

Farah, of Upper Hutt, was sentenced to four years' jail for indecently assaulting a Newtown woman and being unlawfully in her flat. The Crown had originally wanted Farah sentenced to the open- ended jail term of preventive detention but prosecutor Mark Anderson conceded that "inconclusive'" mental health reports made that a difficult option. Last year Farah had called and sent text messages to the woman on the pretext of starting a relationship. He had done the same thing with other women in the past, Justice Gendall said.

His advances were rejected but Farah did not take no for an answer, going to her flat on Christmas Day. She found him inside the house and he refused to leave. The judge said Farah kissed the woman, and generally manhandled her, forcefully pursuing amorous and indecent intentions. His aggression frightened her but she finally got him to leave. Farah pleaded not guilty to the two charges and claimed it was a normal relationship. The district court judge who heard the case said it was either a huge fantasy, or a tissue of lies.

Justice Gendall said that, before arriving in New Zealand, Farah served a prison sentence in Kenya for indecent assault. In New Zealand, he committed indecent assaults in 2002 and 2004. The latest offence happened soon after his release from prison. Justice Gendall ordered Farah to serve at least two years, six months of his new sentence, and to have counselling and treatment in prison. Defence lawyer Paul Surridge said Farah was socially inept and isolated. Refugee status can be reviewed only in cases where the refugee has committed particularly serious crimes.

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