4 June 2026
Man charged with Bradford Hotel arson sentenced next month
[…] The 28-year-old previously pleaded guilty to committing arson with intent to endanger life at The Bradford Hotel on Hall Ings on October 31 last year.
However, the judge was unable to proceed as a pre-sentence report was needed and no interpreter was present.
Defence barrister Austin Newman applied for an adjournment, which was granted.
Mr Newman said Abdalla was an asylum claimant with very limited English whose claim had not yet been resolved, and that he was experiencing difficulties within the prison system.
He said: “I’m sure the court will want to know a great deal more about his background and what it is that brings him before the court.”
His Honour Judge Tahir Khan KC adjourned the case to July 27. [...]
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