Asylum seeker who smashed down door to ransack flat gets reduced sentence after he tells of his ‘traumatic experience’ in Palestine

An asylum seeker who smashed his way into a flat to grab cash and valuables worth £4,000 has been given a reduced sentence because of the trauma he suffered in Palestine. Egyptians Ahmed Farag, 26, and Wahid Abouhilak, 34, along with Palestinian Ahmad Nowara, 26, ransacked the flat in Hillingdon, west London, while their victim was at work. Isleworth Crown Court heard the three men, who came to the UK as asylum seekers, stole jewellery, car keys, and a two-kilo…