Epping migrant hotel resident charged with sexual assault
Mohammed Sharwarq faces seven charges including sexual assault and assault by beating linked to incidents at a hotel housing asylum seekers amid ongoing local protests, police said.
- A Syrian national at The Bell Hotel on Epping High Road appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after police called on Thursday .
- In recent weeks, the Bell Hotel, Epping, used by the Home Office for asylum seekers, has been at the centre of protests before the arrest.
- According to court documents, Sharwarq allegedly kissed a man on the neck, punched a man, threw an object, slapped a third and attempted to punch a fourth inside the hotel between July 25 and August 12.
- Essex Police confirmed they are not seeking additional suspects, and Sharwarq has been remanded in custody pending his court appearance.
- The council has applied for a High Court injunction after July 24, 2025, when Whitbread said, `The current situation cannot go on. If the Bell Hotel was a nightclub, we could have closed it down long ago`.
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A Syrian living at the now notorious Bell Hotel in Epping was charged with sexual assault on Wednesday, August 13th. Migrant Mohammed Sharwarq was arrested on Tuesday and remanded in custody, charged with two counts of common assault, four of assault by beating, and one count of sexual assault on a male over the course of the past three weeks. The Bell Hotel became the focus of protests when another resident, 38-year-old Ethiopian Hadush Gerbers…
Asylum seeker staying at migrant hotel charged with sexual assault and beating just weeks after anti-migrant protests outside
A Syrian national living at the Bell Hotel in Epping has been remanded in custody after he allegedly sexually assaulted another man.Mohammed Sharwarq is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday after he was charged with one count of sexual assault on a male contrary to section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.He was also charged with four counts of assault by beating and two counts of common assault.**ARE YOU READING THIS ON …
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