Somalian convicted of assaulting Vancouver woman deported
A Somali-born immigrant convicted three years ago of the brutal assault of a woman in Surrey has been deported from Canada after finishing his jail sentence here.
Mohamed Hagi Mohamud, who entered Canada as a refugee, pleaded guilty to unlawful confinement and sexual assault causing bodily harm after accosting a woman near the Gateway SkyTrain station and taking her to his home.
The woman smeared blood from her face on her assailant’s couch because she thought she would die and hoped her blood would be the forensic evidence needed to convict her murderer.
The Canada Border Services Agency confirmed Monday it removed Mohamud from Canada last week. A federal law states that deportees must be sent back to their country of birth and the last country where they lived, but an official said the federal privacy law prevents the agency from disclosing which country he was deported to.
