Predator Ayman Adam stalked a nightclub’s toilets and tried to rape a woman and sexually assaulted a man
A grinning predator strangled and tried to rape a woman in a Wakefield nightclub toilet in a chilling attack.
Ayman Adam, 23, targeted the woman in the female toilets inside the Truth nightclub in November last year moments after sexually assaulting a man who was using a urinal in the men’s.
Prosecutor Camille Morland told Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday that Adam had “kissed” the woman at another nightclub earlier in the evening, and the woman’s daughter intervened. She said he was a stranger to her when he attacked her later that night.
Ms Morland said Adam first sneaked into the women’s toilets on the evening of November 4, into the early hours of November 5, and “touched” the symbol on the outside of the door before leaving.
She said: “The prosecution’s case was that the reason he went into the toilets this first time was to look for women with whom to have sexual contact. The defendant’s case was that he merely made a mistake.”
Adam, of Cedar Court in Wakefield, then went into the men’s toilets where he appeared behind a man using the urinal and repeatedly asked him “Are you gay?”. Ms Morland said: “He then reached over and touched his genitals over his clothing. The defendant then pushed his body against his buttocks and at the same time tried to kiss his cheek and neck.
“He [the man] was shocked and pushed the defendant away saying, ‘No, I don’t want this’. Never the less, the defendant continued with his behaviour.”
The man was able to get away and went to tell a friend. The pair searched for Adam and made security staff aware. The court heard Adam returned to the women’s toilets and had a conversation with another woman who was using the hand dryer.
Ms Morland said: “There was another woman in the cubicles. He went briefly into one of the empty cubicles. CCTV shows he stands at the threshold of the door to the women’s toilets.
“He’s seen interacting with the woman at the hand dryer and at one point, he is seen putting his hands up in what looks like a prayer gesture. He goes over and stands close to her and they appear to speak. He then touches her once or twice on her hip or buttock while smiling and she then leaves the toilets.”
The court heard the woman has not been identified, and Adam went on to offend against his second victim. Ms Morland said: “She had spent the weekend out with her daughter and they went to several premises including Reflex.
“She first interacted with the defendant in there. She was on the dancefloor with her daughter and he came up to her and danced near her and grabbed her arm and he tried to kiss her.”
It was said the woman’s daughter intervened then, and a second time when Adam “still appeared interested”. Ms Morland said: “This was a brief incident and at the time seems to have left no impression on her. So at the time of the offences against her, in her mind the defendant was a stranger.”
The court heard when the woman went down a set of stairs, Adam was stood at the bottom of them and he followed her in. Ms Morland said: “As she went to close the door of the cubicle she became aware of the defendant. He put his hand around her throat, nose and mouth. He pushed her towards or into the toilet, flinging her backwards and she hit her head on the wall.
“The defendant kicked the door and pinned her over the toilet. He was choking or strangling her such that she was smothered. She managed to get one hand off her for a moment, however, he slammed his hand back on. She was struggling to breathe…She said that the defendant was ‘grinning in a wild manner’ throughout the assault.”
The court heard the woman described hearing the noise of Adam’s zip or belt on his trousers being undone before the voices of two women in the next cubicle stopped him. Ms Morland said: “She was to say the next thing she knew she could hear the girls outside shouting. She was still facing the toilet but the defendant was gone.
“It was these two women who alerted security staff that the defendant was in the women’s toilets.”
Security staff attended and requested Adam to open the cubicle door, which he did. He was detained and arrested. The court heard he was found guilty at trial in April this year of intentional strangulation, attempted rape and sexual assault.
In a victim impact statement, the male victim told how the sexual assault offence committed against him had heightened his anxiety. Ms Morland said: “[He said] at the time it made him feel disgusting. He was expecting to have a nice night out to get away from the stress of every day life but it turned out to be a terrible experience that impacted on his life for months.” The court heard he now has anxiety using public toilets.
In her victim impact statement, the woman told how she has not had a full night’s sleep since the attack and wakes suffering panic attacks. Ms Morland said: “[She said] when she sleeps she has really bad dreams, in particular of the defendant strangling and suffocating her. She experiences that over again.
“Her doctor has prescribed her sleeping pills and she says they are not working. She says she is emotionally and physically drained and just wants it stop. It has affected her daily life, for example, when walking her dog she feels terrified if someone is watching her and panics when she sees a lone man and has sometimes ran home in tears.
“She is scared to make eye contact with anyone in case they get the wrong idea and it is affecting everything she does. She says she has gone from being a happy, sociable person, to someone who feels unsafe to go out.”
The woman told how she feels “that if the girls didn’t come into the toilets she would have died and he wouldn’t have let go”. She said: “I don’t think I will ever be the same person again”. Ms Morland said: “She said she never understood why he was grinning the whole time while she was fighting to breathe, and says, ‘That is the hardest part for me’.”
It was said the woman was found to be “distraught” by security staff following the attack, and suffered injuries. Her nose ring had been ripped out and her lip and face were bleeding.
Mohammed Rafiq, mitigating, said Adam arrived in the UK in September last year after passing through a number of other countries. He said alcohol played a part in the offending and added: “We know from his interview that he said he used to get overloaded with alcohol in his native country, but there is an issue and it is my submission that on the night in question alcohol was an issue.
“He was clearly intoxicated and there I would raise the argument that it wasn’t planned or premeditated, it was opportunistic.”
The court heard a pre-sentence report had been undertaken, and in it, the author described Adam as being “very high risk of serious harm”. Mr Rafiq addressed His Honour Judge Marson KC and said: “There may well be a risk of some harm, but obviously, it is a matter for you, bearing in mind the offences occurred while under the influence of alcohol.”
Mr Rafiq said Adam has experienced his first taste of custody and added: “For a young man of his age, it is extremely difficult – trying to cope in a custodial environment with the added difficulty of language problems, having to cope and deal with things.”
He urged the judge to “pass such a sentence which will be manageable and give him light at the end of the tunnel for him to look forward to when he is released”.
Judge Marson made Adam the subject of an extended sentence, made up of a seven-year custodial sentence and a three-year extended licence period. Referring to the attack on the woman, the judge told Adam: “It is clear to me, had it not been for the intervention of others, within a few minutes you would have committed the full offence, [of rape].”
Adam will have to serve two thirds of the sentence in custody before going before the Parole Board, who will determine if he is safe to be released.
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Who’s really looking for the rape victims?
Question from
Alicia Kearns Conservative Rutland and Stamford and the real British people
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Ayman Adams when he sentenced for a sexual assault in Wakefield.
Answered by
Alex Norris Labour Nottingham North and Kimberley
Answered on
9 September 2025
We do not comment on individual cases. We have a responsibility not to disclose any information relating to an individual’s immigration or citizenship status, as well as complying with our general duty of confidentiality.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71163