A failed asylum seeker jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old schoolgirl has lost his bid to avoid deportation after a judge ruled he was not bisexual and remained a danger to Britain.
Karam Majdi, 27, had claimed in a last-ditch asylum appeal that he could not be sent back to Egypt because he is bisexual and would face persecution.
But a judge has dismissed his appeal in full – finding that his deportation 'was and remains in the public interest'.
His immigration tribunal also rejected Majdi's claim to be Syrian and found his account of relationships with men was inconsistent and unsupported by evidence.
Judge R Abdar concluded: 'I am satisfied that the appellant has failed to rebut the presumption of the appellant posing a danger to the community.
'I am not satisfied that the Appellant is bisexual.'
Majdi, who arrived late to his hearing last month, now faces deportation after serving half of his seven-year sentence for the sex attack on the girl he met online in 2017. He is accused of lying that he was an unaccompanied child from Syria who had been fighting in Aleppo when he arrived in the UK by small boat in 2016.
The rapist had been living in a hostel in Hove when he travelled to East Croydon and assaulted the girl in what the judge described as an 'opportunistic' and 'vile' attack that left the victim's thighs black and blue.
He pinned her down, despite her protestations, his trial heard.
Majdi, who claims his identity documents were lost at sea on his way to Britain, was sent to a youth offender institution before his release in 2021.
In his latest bid to fight deportation and remain in the UK, Majdi told the authorities he is bisexual.
This was initially considered by the Government – before it was reviewed and challenged by the Home Office the day before his appeal hearing.
At the deportation tribunal it was heard that he was deemed 'high risk to children'.