Migrant avoids prison after three sexual assaults

An asylum-seeker has avoided an immediate prison sentence after sexually assaulting three women.

Qais Al-Aswad, originally from Syria, was a resident at Four Points By Sheraton Hotel in Horley, Surrey, at the time of his offences.

The 26-year-old was convicted on 20 August at Staines Magistrates' Court of three counts of sexual assault against three different women from 23 May to 12 June.

On Wednesday, Al-Aswad was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to undertake 200 hours of unpaid work.