Student sentenced for sexual assault after DQ night out

A Sheffield student is sentenced for sexual assault almost two years after the incident.

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A Sheffield Hallam Student has been found guilty of sexual assault and given a suspended sentence of 20 weeks in prison after a night out in DQ.

DQ in sunnier times.

Troy Nur, a 22-year old Financial Management student at Hallam, was found guilty after being tried at Sheffield crown Court throughout January. He was tried over two counts of sexual assault: assault by penetration and assault of a female.

Nur was found not guilty for sexual assault by penetration but was found guilty of the sexual assault of assaulting the unnamed girl. Nur will now be on the sex-offenders list for 7 years.

He is required to do 150 hours of unpaid work and has been ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge.

The incident took place two years ago on November 5 2012 in DQ, when Mr Nur forced his hand into the skirt of a female also aged 22.

The  girl was reportedly sat alone and using her phone to contact her friends from whom she had been separated. The court was told that Nur sat down next to the girl and attempted to talk to her and get closer.

According to prosecutor Michael Slater, Troy was undeterred by the girl’s resistance and held her arm back when she attempted to stop his advances. He then tried to touch the victim’s underwear until she became distressed and he walked away.

After being reunited with her friends, one of the group of girls led the assailant out of the club under the assumption that she would go home with him. Mr Nur was found outside by police, arrested and charged with sexual assault.

Despite denying all charges DNA evidence from the girl’s underwear found one year later implicated Mr Nur leading him to then plead guilty.

Sheffield Crown Court.

Troy, who is currently attending Sheffield Hallam on a Post-Graduate degree in Financial Management, has been given a suspended sentence of 20 weeks imprisonment to allow him to complete his studies.

When sentencing the judge, Mr Justice Globe stated: “You get no credit on your behaviour during the investigation process; you gave false evidence and gave no intention of pleading guilty, which caused an expensive and long trial.”