Two and a half year trial delay for migrant

A Syrian migrant accused of assaulting a man in central London will have to wait two and a half years for his trial. Hosam Al Askr, 24, allegedly assaulted the man referred to as ‘Mr Hoxa’, on 27 August. Al Askr, of Tower Hamlets, East London, denied one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Southwark Crown Court. Judge Alexander Milne KC said: ‘I understand that he is from Syria. Therefore a Middle Eastern Arabic interpreter will be appropriate…