Bid to get vile Newcastle grooming gang locked up for longer fails

I mentioned earlier the observation that Muslim rape gangs do not seem to be getting sentences of imprisonment as long as they deserve recently. Then I see this. From the Newcastle Chronicle

A bid to get a vile grooming gang locked up for longer has failed.

The four men sexually exploited a girl when she was aged just 13 and 14 years old after meeting her one day in Newcastle city centre, Newcastle Crown Court heard. Brothers Mohamed and Omar Badreddin quickly identified her as someone who could be easily manipulated and she was groomed with alcohol, cigarettes and compliments before being abused.

The Badreddins, who also took part in a riot as part of the Black Lives Matter group, were convicted of a series of rapes and sexual assaults, along with Huzaefa Aleboud and Hamoud Al-Soaimi. In March the brothers and Aleboud were jailed for a total of 36 years, while Al-Soaimi was handed a suspended sentence.

Mohamed Badreddin, 23, of Middle Garth, Cowgate, Newcastle, was convicted of six counts of rape and one of assault by penetration. He was jailed for 13 years. Omar Badreddin, 26, of Middle Garth, Cowgate, was convicted of five counts of rape. He was jailed for 18 years. Aleboud, 23, of Tillmouth Park Road, Throckley, Newcastle, was convicted of two counts of rape, assault by penetration and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was jailed for five and a half years.

Al-Soaimi, 21, of Denmark Street, Byker, Newcastle, was convicted of three counts of sexual assault and assault by penetration. He was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years, with 180 hours’ unpaid work.

But now the Chronicle can reveal that an attempt was made to get the punishments handed to all three increased. Their sentences were referred to the Attorney General’s Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme (ULS) scheme.

Under the scheme victims of crime, members of the public, and the Crown Prosecution Service can ask for certain crown court sentences to be reviewed if they believe they are too lenient. The Attorney General’s Office then has 28 days, from the date the original sentence was passed, to decide whether the sentences should be referred to the Court of Appeal to be reviewed. However, the gang’s cases were not sent to the Court of Appeal and their original sentences still stand.

The Badreddin brothers also pleaded guilty to violent disorder in relation to a clash between Black Lives Matter protesters and the North East Frontline Patriots in 2020, while they were on bail for the sex offences and banned from the city centre.

At the time they were sentenced I thought from their names that they were of north African origin; according to this report  Aleboud  and the Badreddin come from Syria and Al-Soaimi comes from Kuwait.