Outrage! Afghan Migrant Spared Jail for Child Assault – Then Sexually Attacks Second 13-Year-Old Girl Within a Year
A 30-year-old Afghan national has been jailed for just 12 months after pleading guilty to the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, tion in the space of 13 months.
Sayed Hasib, of no fixed abode, appeared at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Monday, March 23, where he was sentenced to 12 months in custody for inappropriately touching the girl over her clothing.
The latest offence took place shortly before 6pm on Saturday, March 21, on South Pier Road in Ellesmere Port. Cheshire Police officers responded within minutes, arresting Hasib at the scene and charging him in a case that was dealt with by the courts in under 48 hours.
Chief Inspector Daniel Reynolds, of Ellesmere Port Local Policing Unit, said: “Hasib was quickly arrested minutes after the incident was reported, and in less than 48 hours has been charged and jailed for his actions. This case demonstrates the speed at which serious offences can be investigated and brought before the courts.” However, the sentence has already drawn criticism for its leniency, given that Hasib was convicted of a separate sexual assault in the same town just over a year ago.
In March 2025, the then 29-year-old , at the time living at Girton Close in Ellesmere Port , received an 18-month community order, a fine and was placed on the sex offenders register for five years after another sexual assault. He was not jailed on that occasion.
Critics of the UK’s sentencing regime point out that both penalties fall far short of what many consider adequate protection for the public, particularly children.
A community order for the first offence failed to deter Hasib from reoffending within 12 months, while the 12-month custodial term now imposed means he could be back on the streets in as little as six months with good behaviour.
Sexual offence experts and victims’ groups have long warned that repeat offenders like Hasib are highly likely to continue reoffending unless handed lengthy custodial sentences combined with intensive rehabilitation programmes. Research consistently shows that sex offenders who receive short or non-custodial sentences have significantly higher recidivism rates, especially when previous convictions demonstrate a pattern of behaviour.
Hasib’s case, two assaults on young girls in quick succession, with no fixed address and rapid reoffending fits the profile of an offender for whom “soft” sentencing has clearly failed to break the cycle.
Cheshire Police described the swift arrest and sentencing as effective action against sexual offences targeting children, but questions remain as to whether the courts are doing enough to safeguard the public from persistent predators.
The victim in the latest case cannot be identified for legal reasons.
