Iranian who came to the UK in a dinghy after knifepont attack in Germany will be sent back

An Iranian asylum seeker who fled to the UK in a small boat after he carried out a knifepoint attack on a woman in Germany will be extradited, a judge ruled. Aref Sadeghi, 36, gave a false name when he was arrested at scandal-hit Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex in June. The shopkeeper was convicted of carrying out the knifepoint rape attack in Hanover in October 2024 but fled Germany before a judge sentenced him to six years jail…