Judge’s difficult sentencing of a former refugee who won’t stop offending

(Stuff) No-one knows what to do with Mohyadin Farah, a Somali who came here as a refugee with a history of sexually assaulting women.

He’s been to jail, been in psychiatric care and even been considered for removal from the country.  Nothing has worked.

His latest offending saw him target a 78-year-old woman — he touched her breasts over her clothing and grabbed her walking frame when she tried to get away from him.

A judge has called him a menace to the country that gave him refuge.

Farah came to New Zealand in 2000.  By 2006 he was eligible for the highest sentence that can be passed by our courts, preventive detention.

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