I'm very annoyed. Surely money from Government benefits/welfare payments could have supported his family?? This should not be a reason to avoid jail. :(
"North West man avoids prison after forcing himself on woman in late night attack
Javed Miah's lawyer pleaded with the court not to send him to prison due to being the sole earner in his family"
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"A takeaway worker who forced himself on a young woman in a late night attack has walked free from court after complaining he would lose his job if he was sent to prison.
Javed Miah ambused the scared victim in the street before pulling her to the floor.
It was after this that he molested her.
Tameside Magistrates' & County Courts (Image: Steven Haslington)
A takeaway worker who forced himself on a young woman in a late night attack has walked free from court after complaining he would lose his job if he was sent to prison.
Javed Miah ambused the scared victim in the street before pulling her to the floor.
It was after this that he molested her.
Miah then fled the scene only when the unnamed woman, whose identity is protected by law, used the SOS function on her iPhone to call 999.
This made her phone let out a loud beeping noise to alert anyone nearby while contacting emergency services.
"Since the assault, I have not been able to leave the house or work," the victim told police.
"I do not know if he knows my route to work. I am scared to walk anywhere.
"I will have to rely on my friends or family to drive me to work out of fear."
Miah, of Lees Street in Shaw, Oldham, ran off but was soon arrested.
The 23-year-old faced jail after admitting sexual assault but was sent on a sex offender rehabilitation programme after pleading he was a ''the sole earner'' in his family, the MEN reports.
Appearing at Tameside Magistrates' Court last Monday (March 8), his lawyer said the attack was ''quite opportunistic".
It took place at around 9pm on December 11, 2018, in Oldham after the woman was on her way home after finishing at work.
Prosecutor Peter Conroy said: '''She noticed there was a male walking behind her, and he bumped into her.
"Her right shoulder hurt and she lost her breath because of fear that she did not know what the defendant was going to do. "
Miah asked her what the time was, Mr Conroy said, to which she replied.
But he continue to follow her for around another 60 seconds before approaching her and grabbing her buttocks.
Mr Conroy added: “She was shocked and frightened. She told him it was not right for him to do this. He had his arms around her chest and then the next thing she knew, she was on the floor on top of him.
"He lifted his right hand towards her crotch and started to move her hand up towards her chest.
“She said ‘my mind froze, I was in total shock’. She managed to get out her mobile phone and use the SOS function to call 999. This let out a loud beeping sound and this forced him to instantly let go and run away down an alleyway. She had said nothing to him to warrant giving him any right of doing this.''
Miah, who gave no comment in his police interview, was the sole earner in his family, his lawyer Saul Comish said.
"He is in employment at a takeaway where he works from 4 to 11pm," Mr Comish said.
"He is married and is a father to a four-year-old child. If you feel a custodial sentence is required, he would lose his job and he the sole earner for his family, so this would have a significant impact.
"This incident was entirely out of character. He has a low risk of re-offending."
Miah was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for two years and will have to complete 250 hours of unpaid work.
He was also ordered to pay £213 in costs and sign the Sex Offender Register for seven years.
Sentencing JP David Quarnby said: “This was a cowardly and sustained attack on a young woman late at night.''"
And I don't give a friggin crap that it was apparently "out of character" . Don't believe that either.