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Man jailed for assaulting four people at asylum hotel where he was a resident

Mohammed Sharwarq pleaded guilty to six assaults at Bell Hotel asylum accommodation and was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, the court heard he plans to return to Syria.

  • Mohammed Sharwarq, 32, pleaded guilty and was jailed after assaulting four people at the Bell Hotel in Epping between July 25 and August 12.
  • Born in Syria, Sharwarq and his family fled after deaths linked to the 2011 war; he travelled via Turkey and Germany and entered the UK by boat, initially placed in a Gloucestershire hotel.
  • Court documents detail assaults on staff and other residents, including punching a hotel cleaner's arm, throwing a banana that hit a cleaner's head, slapping another resident, and grabbing a hotel chef.
  • The court ordered Sharwarq to serve 16 weeks in prison and pay �300 to the man and �200 to each staff member, with signed paperwork to return to Syria.
  • Multiple demonstrations have been held outside the Bell Hotel, Epping, after asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, a 38-year-old Ethiopian national, was jailed for 12 months at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court last week.
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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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