Overview
- Siyoum was sentenced to three years and one month at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday for unlawful wounding, with a concurrent 10-month term for carrying a knife.
- He stabbed Abubaker Kadir in the right inner leg at Oxford Brookes’ James Wolfe Road campus on July 20, striking a femoral artery, and the judge said the wound was life-threatening after friends used a makeshift tourniquet.
- A jury on March 12 cleared him of the more serious section 18 charge of wounding with intent.
- A Home Office review of his immigration status means he must serve at least 40% of the term, subject to that decision.
- Thames Valley Police condemned the attack as completely unacceptable after Thursday’s hearing, noting he was arrested on September 12 and charged the next day.