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| Libyan cadet assault victim angered by asylum appeals | Libyan cadet assault victim angered by asylum appeals |
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| A woman who was sexually assaulted by three Libyan cadets stationed near Cambridge has spoken of her anger after they claimed asylum in the UK. | A woman who was sexually assaulted by three Libyan cadets stationed near Cambridge has spoken of her anger after they claimed asylum in the UK. |
| Khaled El Azibi, Ibrahim Naji El Maarfi and Mohammed Abdalsalam fled Bassingbourn Barracks and carried out the attacks in the city last October. | Khaled El Azibi, Ibrahim Naji El Maarfi and Mohammed Abdalsalam fled Bassingbourn Barracks and carried out the attacks in the city last October. |
| They were jailed but have now been released and are seeking asylum. | They were jailed but have now been released and are seeking asylum. |
| Their victim said she was angered by their "arrogance to apply for asylum after committing despicable crimes". | Their victim said she was angered by their "arrogance to apply for asylum after committing despicable crimes". |
| The woman, who comes from Cambridge, said seeing her attackers' faces again had "brought what happened flooding back". | |
| "They subjected me to a horrible, intimidating sexual assault which I will never be able to forget." | |
| The cadets were among 300 being trained to support the newly-formed Libyan government. | |
| They arrived at the Cambridgeshire barracks in June 2014. Following the attacks in Cambridge in October, the remaining cadets were returned to Libya early in November. | |
| 'An insult' | |
| The three trainees convicted of sexually assaulting three women on 26 October, received sentences of between 10 and 12 months and have since been released from prison. | |
| Cambridgeshire Police confirmed they were now in detention centres and had applied for asylum. | |
| "It is not only an insult to me and the other women they attacked but an insult to all those people who genuinely need asylum here," the victim added. | |
| "They have brought this on themselves and should never be granted asylum." | |
| The grounds on which El Azibi, El Maarfi and Abdalsalam are claiming asylum have not been revealed. | |
| However, the woman's solicitor, Richard Scorer of Slater and Gordon, described it as "a cynical asylum bid by attackers who don't appear to have shown any contrition for their awful crimes". | |
| "We have now written to the prime minister, David Cameron, on behalf of the victims to register their serious concerns about the situation," he said. | |
| "If an application like this were to succeed it would bring the asylum system into disrepute at a time when many are in genuine need of sanctuary from war and persecution." | |
| The Home Office, which does not comment on individual cases, said: "Those who break our laws should be removed from the country at the earliest opportunity and we will seek to remove any foreign national offender who receives a custodial sentence for a criminal offence." |