Chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi sexually assaulted me… but church still backed his asylum bid
His victim said she was disgusted he was not locked up and angered again to learn he was allowed to stay in Britain
A SEX assault victim of chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi says he was in the country only because church leaders backed his asylum bid.
The woman befriended Afghanistan-born Ezedi, 35, but said he began pestering her for sex.
It led to his exposing himself to her without warning and hauling her trousers down in 2017.
Ezedi — who sneaked into the UK the year before in the back of a lorry — pleaded guilty and got 45 weeks’ jail, suspended for two years.
He had two asylum bids refused but a third was successful after a priest gave him a character reference when he “converted” to Christianity.
His victim said she was disgusted he was not locked up and angered again to learn he was allowed to stay in Britain.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told The Sun: “If he’d been jailed for attacking me then surely he would have been deported.
“But the failings didn’t end there because someone from a church gave him a reference so he could gain asylum.
“Who in their right mind thought that a good idea when he was on the Sex Offender Register? The world is a mess.
“He’s a danger to women. That’s obvious to everyone.”
The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command’s fugitive team have been poring over CCTV in the hunt for Ezedi who allegedly threw a corrosive alkali on a mum, 31, and her daughters, aged three and eight.
He was last seen on the Victoria Embankment in central London at 10.04pm last Wednesday, two-and-a-half hours after the outrage.
His first victim added: “It all came flooding back when the story broke of the attack.
“When his photo came up on TV I said out loud, ‘Oh my God look who is on there!’.
“I’ve been following it every day in the hope of seeing him arrested — or dead.
“I feel awful saying it, but it’s true.”
'Revenge theory'
FUGITIVE Abdul Ezedi may have carried out his chemical attack on a mum and her two daughters in revenge for the murder of his sister in Afghanistan several years ago, a pal has suggested.
The pizza takeaway worker, 35, was said to be distraught over her killing.
She was shot dead by armed robbers trying to steal the money he had sent home to his family in Afghanistan.
Ezedi’s pal said: “After what happened he was crying for three weeks and he said he wanted revenge. He was so upset and very, very angry.
“When I heard what happened in London that came into my mind.”
The friend described Ezedi as a clever, hard-working man who spent little and sent most of his cash home.
It was suggested the woman could have become the unwitting target of Ezedi’s revenge and there is no suggestion she has any links to any crime gang in Afghanistan or elsewhere.
Police are still trying to establish if he had any connection to the victims and his motive for Wednesday’s attack in Clapham, South West London.
Last night, they said they were not treating the revenge theory as a line of inquiry at this stage.
