Pervert who sexually assaulted sleeping woman has jail sentence cut
A pervert who carried out a "gross" sex attack on a sleeping woman has had his jail term almost halved by top judges on appeal.
Joyan Abedin, 46, was living in Brook Street, Llangollen, in October 2014, when he forced his unwanted attentions on a "totally drunk" woman.
Abedin, now of Tower Hamlets, east London, fled Wales before he could be arrested for assaulting the woman, who was less than half his age.
The married father of three was tracked down and jailed for 20 months at Mold Crown Court in June, having pleaded guilty to sexual assault.
But yesterday senior judges at London's Criminal Appeal Court reduced that term to 12 months.
Mrs Justice Thirlwall and Mrs Justice Elisabeth Laing heard that Abedin "tried it on" with his victim, who was in her 20s.
She made it clear she wasn't interested but, after she fell asleep, he groped and performed a sex act on her.
When the woman awoke to find herself being assaulted, she left angrily and reported what had happened to the police.
Mrs Justice Laing said: "She trusted him to behave and he abused that trust, deciding to please himself sexually, whatever the consequences.
"He did not understand the appropriate boundaries when it came to sexual contact with women."
