Scott Morrison wants Iraqi-born convicted child sex offender kicked out of the country
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has weighed in on the case of a convicted child sex offender, saying the Federal Government will "punt" him.
On Tuesday, 30-year-old Iraqi-born Mohammad Hassan Al Bayati was sentenced for the sexual assault of a three-year-old girl in December 2016.He was working as a security guard at the Homebush DFO shopping centre in western Sydney, when he took the girl away from the centre's playground while her mother was Christmas shopping.Security camera vision shows Al Bayati taking the girl into an area without surveillance, where he assaulted her.
The New South Wales District Court sent Al Bayati to jail for four-and-a-half years' jail, with a non-parole period of two-and-a-half years.He came to Australia by boat from Iraq in 2011, and was given a permanent protection visa to stay."This bloke has no right being here, he's abused the generosity of a country that gave him a new start, and it was absolutely appalling," Mr Morrison told Channel Seven."And just because you're on a permanent protection visa,
it's a warning to anyone. "We'll cancel it, and we'll punt you."
