Asylum seeker guilty of attempted rape after claiming ‘micropenis’ made attack impossible

22 June 2026 , 11:48

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An asylum seeker who tried to rape a woman in an alleyway has claimed he could not have done so because he had a ‘micropenis’.

Hossein Mohmoudi, 35, was found guilty of the assault last week – despite arguing his short penis and obesity made it impossible to have sex.

The Iranian national had already racked up five criminal convictions in Germany before arriving in Britain, where he claimed asylum after captaining a small boat across the Channel.

While living in an asylum hostel in London, Mohmoudi stalked a woman for an hour on her way home from a Christmas party in 2024, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

The asylum seeker followed the woman for three miles – from Whitechapel to Stratford.

The assault was interrupted after 27 seconds by a passing cyclist, whom the victim said ‘saved’ her.

The jury was given an array of reasons Mohmoudi could not have attacked her, including his ‘micropenis’ and low libido, brought on by smoking, depression and obesity.

Footage of the attack shown to the court shows Mohmoudi evidently pursuing his victim, crossing roads whenever she did.

The actual assault was hidden from view by a gate but the jury her scream: “Wait! Wait! Wait! F*** you! Back off! F*** off! F***!”

He then allegedly pulled up her skirt and raped her.

Mohmoudi then ran off when the cyclist intervened.

The court also heard that the migrant had previously been reported to police for stalking a woman as she walked her dog.

Prosecutor Christian Moll said Mohmoudi, who left Iran in 2014, had entered four countries illegally – Turkey, Greece, Germany and France – before coming to Britain.

He was convicted twice of assault and three times of criminal damage while in Germany.

“You don’t have any respect for the law, do you Mr Mohmoudi?” Mr Moll asked him.

Communicating through an interpreter, Mohmoudi admitted that on the day before the attack he had been chatting on a fetish website because it was “helpful for my English language”.

Mr Moll responded: “There are other ways to improve your English…”

Defending Mohmoudi, David Harounoff said 27 seconds – the alleged duration of the attack – was too short a time for him to attempt rape due to his alleged medical issues.

He told jurors that Mohmoudi has a small penis and cannot “get it up”.

But the victim said the attack had happened “so fast you couldn’t even think”.

Recalling the attack, the victim told jurors: “I just remember thinking he was foul.

“Really disgusting. Not clean. The smell. He was a smelly man. I think it’s still on me. A smoker. Not somebody who looks after themselves.”

Consultant urologist Dr George Fowlis told the court that Mohmoudi’s penis was “normal” size.

The jury also heard that Mohmoudi had received an email from a sperm bank about his application to donate.

The asylum seeker – who was sentenced to ten months for piloting the boat across the Channel – will be sentenced next month for the assault.

It follows another horrific assault by an asylum seeker who raped a woman in Hyde Park on her way home from a night out.

Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelel – who entered the UK illegally – was sentenced last year to eight-and-a-half years in prison.