Overview
- Judge Carolyn Scott sentenced Mohamed Ibrahim Harun to seven-and-a-half years in prison on Monday, June 1, 2026, and ordered him to sign the sex offenders' register for life.
- The court heard the 2024 attack took place in Harun's flat kitchen after he invited the woman, who was in her 20s, back from a Sunderland park and that the sex was forceful and painful.
- The victim fled the property two hours later, was caught on CCTV running to a nearby shop and called police, actions that investigators say enabled an arrest and charge within two days.
- Detective Inspector Martin Cottle publicly praised the woman's bravery and urged other survivors to report sexual offences so police can gather evidence and pursue prosecutions.
- At sentencing Harun shouted a profane denunciation of England and said he wanted to be deported; reports note his refugee arrival and that any immigration action would be handled separately from the criminal case.