Asylum seeker sentenced for knife attacks on sex workers

Summarised from BristolLive's report · Updated 5 Nov, 22:04 · Archive

An asylum seeker has been sentenced to nine years in a young offender institution for attacking two sex workers at knifepoint.

Aymane Es Sabery, a 19-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court for attacking two sex workers at knifepoint in their homes. He was found guilty of assault with intent to rob on 12 November 2025 and robbery on 21 February this year. The defendant held a knife to the victims' throats to attempt to rob them, targeting them because he believed sex workers would have cash available.

Judge Julian Lambert described Es Sabery as a 'very disturbed young man' but expressed doubts about his claimed age, saying he was 'highly dubious' that Es Sabery was as young as he claimed. Despite these concerns, the judge sentenced him to nine years in a young offender institution rather than an adult prison. Es Sabery refused to attend his sentencing hearing and had also been absent for large parts of his trial. He will almost certainly be deported from the United Kingdom when his sentence is completed.

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• Asylum seeker who held sex workers at knifepoint sent to young offender institution - despite 'dubious' ageA judge raised doubts over his age at the time of the offences, but he was not sent to an adult prisonBristolLive · 5 Nov, 16:47

In this story: Aymane Es Sabery · Judge Julian Lambert · Bristol Crown Court · Morocco · United Kingdom

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