A violent offender who admitted to assaulting a female jogger has now been identified as a “genderfluid” sex offender with 27 known aliases and a past attempt to falsely claim he was a minor, reports The Mirror.
The individual was sentenced to three months in prison last week for attacking the young woman near Fairview Park on East Wall Road on July 26.
During the August 6 hearing at Cloverhill District Court, the man was sentenced under the name Hoyda Hamad. However, it has since emerged that he uses multiple identities and was previously convicted of a sexual assault on a woman in the UK in 2022, reports The Mirror.
This led to his most recent appearance—by video link—at Cloverhill District Court, where he faced charges of breaching the Sex Offenders Act by not disclosing his address.
He admitted to the charge and was convicted this time under the name Youssouf Chergui—the same identity he used for the UK sexual assault conviction, reports The Mirror.
In mitigation, defence solicitor Darren Gray told the court that the accused had been living in Ireland for two years. He noted that the man’s guilty plea spared the state resources and avoided the need for witnesses to testify.
Mr Gray said the man identified as “genderfluid”, had fled conflict in Syria, and had a partner in London with whom he shared two children he hadn’t seen in two years. The court was told he had 20 convictions under various aliases, reports The Mirror.
Judge Alan Mitchell sentenced him to an additional two months for the breach. It was noted in court that he had eight convictions in the UK under several different names and identities.
Authorities believe he arrived in Ireland and was convicted of various offences, including a burglary in Cork, for which he served 11 months in the Midlands Prison beginning in January 2024. He was convicted of that offence under the name Youssouf Angelina, reports The Mirror.
After being released, he committed a theft in Wexford. In July, he received a suspended three-month sentence for that incident, again using the name Hoyda Hamad.
He was later arrested for assaulting the jogger on East Wall Road in Dublin, following the previous convictions, reports The Mirror.
Gardaí told the court they still could not confirm his real identity or nationality. Garda Patrick Watson from Clontarf Garda Station stated: “I don’t think anybody knows who he is.”
Garda Watson said that a thorough investigation had been carried out at both the national and international levels, including work with Interpol, reports The Mirror.
He also said that videos shared on social media, believed to show the accused being arrested in East Wall, led to Gardaí from other regions contacting them and uncovering more of the man’s aliases.
Once his fingerprints were checked through official systems, 27 different aliases were revealed. These identities claimed various origins including Syria, Libya, and Algeria, reports The Mirror.
The court was told the Garda National Immigration Bureau has no file on the man and that he never sought International Protection. However, he had approached TUSLA claiming to be a minor, though tests later confirmed he was an adult.
The man had been claiming to be 21 years old. Judge Mitchell called the case “quite confusing” and asked what would happen once the man was released. Garda Watson said: “We can’t find out who he is so we can’t send him back anywhere,” reports The Mirror.
Judge Mitchell noted that Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan “was big into deportations” and remarked that the man would likely appear before the courts again after release.
Judge Mitchell advised the man to “regularise” his situation if he intended to remain in Ireland, and commented that he was “liable to be arrested and deported.” The man replied: “Thank you judge, bye bye” before disconnecting from the video link, reports The Mirror.
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