{"id":53553,"date":"2017-11-29T05:52:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T05:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53553"},"modified":"2017-11-29T05:52:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T05:52:57","slug":"somali-refugee-raped-women-gunpoint-utah-given-probation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/somali-refugee-raped-women-gunpoint-utah-given-probation.html","title":{"rendered":"Somali refugee who raped women at gunpoint in Utah given probation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Somali refugee who raped women at gunpoint in Utah given probation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Somali refugee who raped women at gunpoint in Utah given probation:- A Somali refugee who raped two women at gunpoint in Utah has reportedly been released on probation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mohammed Ali Mohammed, now 20, was 14 years old in 2011 when he raped, then robbed, two women at knifepoint over two consecutive nights in Salt Lake City, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In court Monday, Mohammed said he \u201cwas a monster\u201d and said, \u201cI didn\u2019t know what I was thinking. I was a very stupid kid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He\u2019s spent the last six years at the Wasatch Youth Center, after he reportedly pleaded guilty to rape, sexual assault and kidnapping in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThere is nothing that I could say or do that could restore what I did to them,\u201d Mohammed told the court. \u201cThe only way I can show them I\u2019ve changed is how I live my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Judge Vernice Trease sentenced him to five years of probation for his crimes, rather than imprisonment at the Utah State Prison, according to the Tribune.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">His probation partially includes weekly check-ins, lack of internet access, and an ankle monitor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">However, Trease said Monday that she \u201cwon\u2019t bat an eye\u201d if Mohammed violates his probation, and she\u2019ll send him to prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mohammed, in his previous testimony, said he was born in a Somali refugee camp and watched his brother get murdered by a robber, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Mohammed said he also witnessed a rape and was sexually abused.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">One of the victims in court Monday told Trease she was \u201cterrified\u201d knowing Mohammed will be released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cHe did adult crimes and should have an adult sentence to match what he did,\u201d the victim said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Authorities have lost contact with the second victim, prosecutor Coral Sanchez-Rose said in court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cI don\u2019t know if she\u2019s homeless, I don\u2019t know where she\u2019s staying at; we\u2019re unable to contact her. Clearly, this has had a great impact in her life,\u201d Sanchez-Rose said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Both victims asked the judge in 2012 for Mohammed to be sentenced to adult prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/11\/28\/somali-refugee-who-raped-women-at-gunpoint-in-utah-given-probation.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/somali-refugee-raped-women-gunpoint-utah-given-probation.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somali refugee who raped women at gunpoint in Utah given probation Somali refugee who raped women at gunpoint in Utah given probation:- A Somali refugee who raped two women at gunpoint in Utah has reportedly been released on probation. 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