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Story summary
- Iranian asylum seeker Peyman Afrasiyabipour robbed a 69-year-old woman on Gainsborough Avenue, South Shields.
- The assault occurred on July 24 2026 as the victim, a recovering breast-cancer patient, walked home.
- Neighbors chased and detained Afrasiyabipour, recovered the purse and stopped his second escape attempt.
- Newcastle Crown Court gave him a suspended two-and-a-half-year term, 150 unpaid work hours and a restraining order.