At least the fucker is dead.

I don’t believe it either, he’s too selfish to do this to himself.

The police don’t have a clue and just want to conclude the investigation.

Family annihilators and spree killers very commonly die by suicide during or shortly after their crimes.

(I appreciate that, fortunately, none of his victims have so far died but, in other respects, this is a similar crime)

No body, no proof. These scum bags are slippery

@EasternStandard - mostly this has happened in their country of origin, and is a reason why the people fled. The response to complex trauma has such a huge impact on survivors lives though. It takes years of healing and support for some women.

However, we do see a lot of cases of domestic violence, gender based violence, commercialised sexual exploitation and forced labour all occurring in the UK every single week.

Honestly, humanity can be dreadful.

I don't think I'll believe it untill they pull his body out the water.

I hope he suffered

@DeedlessIndeed that makes me feel stressed I don’t want men that inflict that on women here

@BitingtheSkirting - you are right. I appreciate it's neither a moral nor ethical stance.

However, I work with asylum seekers. I (and my team) support women and children who are victims of gender based violence, honour-based violence, FGM, systematic sexual assault, trafficking. The works. Day-in, day-out.

The years and years of recovery and trauma survivors have to endure because of people like this man. I guess I cannot give an impartial (and probably not even a rational) response on this topic.

@Sidebeforeself

thats a possibility for sure. However, they have said they've started looking for his body & that the Thames usually takes around 28 days to bring the body out into the open. So I'm hoping they do what they've said because the very least that poor woman & her little girls deserve is to know the fucker is dead. It's not punishment enough (but what would be??) but at least to know for certain he's not lurking around any dark corners.

They didn't say they'd seen him throw himself off the bridge, & they did say they've searched all surrounding CCTV & can't see him leaving the bridge. But I'm sure that's all massaging the truth a bit. Hopefully they did see him go in.

im so happy the three of them survived, but FM, the trauma...

To be fair, it’s not because he was a Christian so must have reformed. It’s because he would be persecuted for it if returned to his country. So absolutely a scam. Absolutely not about reform or good behaviour. He just acquired another point on his application.

I still can’t believe that a claim to have converted to Christianity helps a convicted sex offender to successfully claim asylum.
I wonder what the vetting system is like to prove you have changed your ways.
😉😁😁

If they are wrong then he is suffering somewhere.

I suppose a network could look after him and find him sympathetic doctor or a vet but those burns will be very painful and likely to get infected.

I’m not sure how easy it is to get an underground medic with access to drugs who doesn’t mind that you tried to burn the face off a woman and kids.

I don't believe it. His type don't take the easy way out. He's got someone covering for him.

A working hypothesis from the Met apparently.
In other words, it's their best guess.

I really hope they are sure.

Until they have his body, I will be assuming he is still alive.

I understand he had claimed to have converted to Christianity but, apparently, despite that was still an observant Muslim. It reminds me of the Scottish politician smugly asserting that abusive men never pretend to be something else.

I still can’t believe that a claim to have converted to Christianity helps a convicted sex offender to successfully claim asylum. It’s no different to men claiming to be trans to gain access to the female prison estate. Why are all these officials so stupid. And why does nobody give a shit about the women and children who invariably suffer the consequences?! Is there ever a good reason for a sex offender to be granted asylum (even if he is at risk in his home country)?

I suspect (and hope) he is dead. It would have been difficult for him to have disappeared and hidden for so long.

I’d rather they confirm it for certain

I live in Newcastle( where he originally lived and travelled from) and theres still a very large police presence searching for him here. They raided his former place of work just yesterday and were following up several local leads, so it still seems like an active search.

There's no footage on any cctv of him leaving the bridge area, having been able to pick him up on the cctv before hand. So, with that and the "change of behaviour" they talk about being able to see, they've decided that it is most likely that he's gone in the river. It doesn't seem to be an unreasonable conclusion based on that.

Call me cynical, but I worry it might be the policing giving up and assuming this to be the outcome rather than admit they haven’t got a clue where he is.

Well I can't say I'm sorry about it.