Syrian Migrant Charged with Multiple Assaults at Epping Hotel

Mohammed Sharwarq, a 32-year-old Syrian migrant residing at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, has been charged with multiple offences including two counts of common assault, four counts of assault by beating, and one count of sexual assault on a man. The alleged incidents are said to have occurred between July 25 and August 12, and the offences reportedly took place inside the hotel. Sharwarq was arrested following a police call to the hotel on August 12 and has been remanded in custody, with a scheduled court appearance at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on August 13. Essex Police have confirmed they are not seeking any additional suspects relating to the case. The Bell Hotel has recently been the site of protests, with Sharwarq being the second migrant at the hotel charged with sexual offences, after an Ethiopian asylum seeker was also charged with sexually assaulting a schoolgirl shortly after arriving in Britain.