By Editor,Jose Ramos

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A gang of Kurdish illegal immigrants who stormed a high street armed with large machetes and attacked a shop owner have been jailed.

The four men, Hana Hassan, 22; Yosef Shaban, 24; Osama Qadir, 21, and Dawan Mantik, 28, all from Iran and Iraq arrived in Britain on small boats.

They targeted fellow Kurd Kurwan Ali at his shop in Bournemouth, Dorset, sparking a ‘ferocious and frighteningly violent attack’, leading to one of the victims being stabbed and being left with a collapsed lung.

The four were part of a larger mob of 12 who ‘rallied the troops’ after a dispute days earlier.

One of them, Hassan, was living in the Britannia Hotel, notorious for housing migrants at taxpayer expense and the focus of local protests.

A court heard the four Kurds were accompanied by other migrants however, some were acquitted of charges and two of them fled the country.

They have now been jailed for a combined 22 years, with Judge Paul Dugdale saying their behaviour ‘is not what we are about in this country’, adding that their future ‘in all likelihood lies within the Home Office ‘.

Winchester Crown Court heard the attack followed a row on January 27, 2024, at Bar So in the seaside town, just 200 metres from the pier.

Details of this were not made clear to the court, since two of the men involved, Ahmed Omar and Rahel Omer, fled the country soon after the events of the following days.

The pair ‘rallied the troops’ after the dispute and two days later arrived with ten others, including the four defendants, at victim Kurwan Ali’s shop. Mr Ali had three friends with him in the shop.

There was then a ‘ferocious and frighteningly violent attack’. One of the victims, Sepan Qasim was stabbed twice, suffering a collapsed lung, whilst others suffered bruising and cuts after being kicked during the attack.

Local business owners Omar and Omer have not been seen since the incident and are believed to have fled the country to Kurdistan to escape the justice system. They had provided accommodation and work for the defendants.

It was confirmed that all four are illegal immigrants from Kurdistan and arrived in the UK on inflatable boats.

The four appeared at Winchester Crown Court charged with various offences, including grievous bodily harm, violent disorder and possessing violent weapons. Six other defendants had previously been acquitted.

Hana Hassan, 22, was sentenced to seven years in prison, Yosef Shaban, 24, to four years in prison, Osama Qadir, 21, to six years in prison and Dawan Mantik, 28, to five years in prison.

All four wore suits in the dock and showed little emotion during the sentencing, which followed a nine-week trial and will serve two-thirds of their sentence in custody.

Judge Dugdale said: ‘I have to sentence them for a variety of offences arising from a serious incident of roaming street violence on Christchurch Road in Boscombe.

‘It is clear that a few days before that, there was some sort of disagreement in Bar So.

‘Ahmed Omar ran a number of shops in the Boscombe area, which provide services to the Kurdish community.

‘Kurwan Ali also ran some shops in the same area which also provided services to the Kurdish community.

‘What the dispute was between these two gentlemen was about did not really come out in evidence but I have absolutely no doubt that there was a dispute.

‘Mr Omar was a surprisingly young man, aged about 21. In all likelihood, he had some standing within the Kurdish community. Him and Rahel Omer were the two primary men involved.

‘After the dispute there were a number of mobile phone calls between a number of people who were working for Mr Omar.

‘The prosecution used the phrase “rally the troops” and I have no doubt that the calls were getting people to support him against Mr Ali.

‘Twelve people went down Christchurch Road. Mr Ali was with three others. Everyone walking down that road knew that something was going to happen.

‘If they knew exactly whether it was going to be just a few words and a handshake or whether they knew there was going to be a fight, we don’t know.

‘It is clear that some in the group were aware that people were armed.

‘All four of the defendants were clearly aware that their weapons were going to be used. Mantik and Qadir were armed with large machetes. Omar and Omer were armed with knives.

‘Mr Ali also had a knife but that is not entirely relevant.

‘The four defendants in the dock were secondary parties in the incidents, and I accept that the injuries that were caused to Mr Qasim would have been caused by Omar and Omer.

‘There had been a rolling movement of the group along the Christchurch Road, which was clear to see.

‘These defendants were convicted after a nine-week trial. I accept that all four are previously of good character and are relatively young. None of them have been difficult prisoners.

‘All four had had a very difficult background history and start to their lives.

‘All grew up in Iran or Iraq as part of the Kurdish community. All four came to the country by means that are not seen as legal. All have suffered traumatic incidents in their past.

‘These are serious incidents. The people of Boscombe just want to live their lives peacefully and do not want this sort of behaviour to take place.

‘People want to walk down the road without being scared. It is not what we are about in this country.

‘It causes fear in the community and makes people scared to go out. People who carry out this sort of violence will have to deal with the consequences.

‘This is not a violent country. It is a country where people can walk freely in the street and we want to keep it that way.