Yesterday at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court a 39 year old man by the name of Soufiane Mountassir (who Gardaí think is Moroccan) pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment and assault causing harm of a woman at an address in Dublin last year.
According to Courts.ie, Mountassir, who has an address at a hostel on Mountjoy Square, Dublin came to Ireland seeking international protection.
Another jarring detail is that he is wanted in Germany for arson.
Mountassir pleaded guilty to subjecting his former partner “to a prolonged attack, during which he forced her into a car boot before repeatedly punching and smashing her face against the vehicle’s interior”.
The false imprisonment took place in Dublin 8 while the assault causing harm charge took place on Blackhall Street, Dublin 7 in the early hours of November 13 last year.
Recently, the fact that Ireland’s asylum system is being abused has been pretty damn obvious to anyone capable of critical thought.
Only a few weeks ago Gript revealed figures which showed that a whopping 77% of asylum claims made in the state this year were not made at a point of entry like Dublin airport, but at the IPO office in Dublin City centre.
We also learned that many who claim asylum in this country do so after posing as tourists with return tickets booked who then make their way to the IPO office and say they are seeking international protection.
Now, I’m no Sherlock Holmes, but it would appear to me that in order for Mr. Mountassir to be wanted for arson in Germany he would have to have been in Germany – which is a safe European country.
While not wishing to jump to conclusions, it would appear that Mountassir may have simply decided to use Ireland’s soft touch immigration system to simply forget his troubles in Deutschland and start a new life in another European country.
It’s also become pretty clear over the last few months that large numbers of people are, ahem, ‘fleeing’ other European countries to seek asylum in Ireland – in some cases having lived and worked there for years.
The court heard that during the attack Mountassir went into what his former partner described as a “blind rage” in which he subjected her to “hours of being beaten and kicked, causing her to fear for her life,”
A garda witness is quoted as saying that although Mountassir claimed to be Moroccan he was ‘very vague’ with his answers when questioned and ‘couldn’t give an address’ – in other words it would appear that authorities were not aware of this man’s identity when he entered the state.
Courts.ie reported that Mountassir’s defence counsel argued that his client had “been drinking, taking Dalmane and cocaine and smoking cannabis all through the day of the attack”.
This writer just published an article discussing issues related to the safety of women and girls in this country in which I mentioned that the rate of sexual assault has increased by 75% over the ten year period between 2011 – 2021 when this case became known.
Despite repeated assurances from Minister for Justice Helen McEntee that she is committed to the safety of women and girls in this country, the Minister has dedicated much of her time to imposing a deeply unpopular hate speech bill which does absolutely nothing to protect women from violent men like Mountassir.
Gript’s news archives show multiple cases where men have used Ireland’s asylum process and gone on to sexually assault or otherwise harm women in this country. In a recent article this writer asked why the EU does not stop sexual predators from using the free travel zone.
In circumstances where state authorities appear to have little idea of who is coming into this country, and as Gript has previously revealed, even illegal immigrants with criminal convictions are in many cases expected to ‘self deport’, this writer feels that the inane bleating of a government which pretends it holds the safety of women and girls as a priority is simply hogwash.
Oh, and before I sign off please remember that as per the comments of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Mr. Mountassir will be eligible to vote in the upcoming local elections.
This is nothing but a joke which the Irish people are the butt of.
Did you know it’s possible to register to vote online all year round? https://t.co/DtgvfUmjoS
Everyone resident in Ireland can vote in Local Elections, regardless of nationality or visa status.
Your voice matters, your vote is important, and every vote counts. pic.twitter.com/a3yCt9sngF
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) November 20, 2023