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Jury Convicts Asylum Seeker Safi of Child Kidnapping, 2½-Year Sentence

4/25/2026

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A jury convicted Afsar Safi, the defendant, of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl at a London hotel, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years.
Safi’s asylum application, filed after he crossed the Channel by boat, listed Taliban involvement from age ten and remains denied pending appeal.
The judge added Safi to the sex-offenders register for seven years, though he could be released on licence after six months.

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A jury convicted Afsar Safi, the defendant, of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl at a London hotel, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years.
Safi’s asylum application, filed after he crossed the Channel by boat, listed Taliban involvement from age ten and remains denied pending appeal.
The judge added Safi to the sex-offenders register for seven years, though he could be released on licence after six months.