Afghan immigrant jailed for three years after brutally attacking woman in random attack
This is when a young woman cries out in terror and runs for her life after being repeatedly punched in the face by a stranger in a horrific unprovoked attack.
Aisha Waris, 23, fled to a neighbor’s house to escape Gulwali Stanekzay, who had her face dripping with blood.
She was walking home alone at night in February when she was confronted by the crazed 22-year-old, who attacked her three times.
Stanekzay, an Afghan immigrant, was sentenced today to three years in prison after admitting to assaulting Ms Waris.
The horrific attack in Harlesden, north-west London, was captured on a Ring doorbell camera owned by Richard Jarman, who had emerged from his home after hearing screams in the street.
A look at the damage 22-year-old Gulwali Stanekzay did to the front door of a homeowner who bravely sheltered the woman who was attacked
Stanekzay can be seen repeatedly smashing the camera with a bicycle D-lock
The shocking footage shows him smashing the front door of the house for more than a minute
Stanekzay attempted to access the terraced property by taking a series of running stairs to the door before smashing the glass and Ring camera with a bicycle lock.
In footage played in Harrow Crown Court, Mrs. Waris is seen walking to Mr. Jarman’s front door, wailing in terror, begging Stanekzay to stop.
She then yells ‘No’ as he chases her onto the property and begins a flurry of punches to her head and face, forcing her to take shelter in the house.
You can hear Mr. Jarman yell at the assailant, “you’re on camera” before closing the door.
Stanekzay attempted to gain entry to the terraced property by taking a series of running kicks at the door before shattering the glass and Ring camera with a bicycle lock.
In her victim speech read in court, Ms Waris revealed that she is now too afraid to leave her home and afraid to be alone.
She said: “This incident has caused me a lot of grief and had an impact on my emotions and my mental health.
“I also suffered physical injuries, including bruising and swelling of my eyes, nose and lip.
“I had a lot of bruises on my head, neck, shoulder and back. I had to go to the hospital to be treated for my physical injuries.
Aisha Waris, 23, fled to a neighbor’s house to escape the crazed Gulwali Stanekzay, who had her face dripping with blood
Ms Waris told the court she has been attending counseling sessions, saying: ‘I feel very vulnerable at the moment. I keep thinking about the incident and wondering what I could have done, or if I could have done more.”
In footage played in front of Harrow Crown Court, Mrs Waris is seen walking to Mr Jarman’s front door, wailing in fear, begging Stanekzay to stop
“The CT scan showed there was no internal damage and it was all external. This was hard for me because it made me aware of how I looked and I didn’t feel good about myself. I couldn’t even do my makeup because of the pain and swelling from my facial wounds.’
Ms Waris told the court she has been attending counseling sessions, saying: ‘I feel very vulnerable at the moment. I keep thinking about the incident and wondering what I could have done, or if I could have done more.
“I keep thinking about the future and whether this can happen again. The thought of the incident playing out in my head kept me awake.
“I feel anxious and stressed. I recently lost my mother and this incident has added to my fear and sadness. I am also afraid to leave the house.
‘I used to like going out alone, for example walking, and I was independent, but this attack has taken away my independence.
“I now feel like I need someone with me when I go out so they can help me if something like this happens again.
After pleading guilty to two counts of grievous bodily harm and two counts of criminal damage, he will be sentenced by Harrow Crown Court on July 6.
The video shows the 22-year-old’s long run before attempting to kick in the door
When this doesn’t work, Stanekzay uses the bicycle lock to smash the glass on the door
A look at the camera next to the door ripped out of the wall
“I barely step out after this incident and have noticed myself how little I go out. I used to go out every weekend with my friends, but I no longer feel like I can do this. I don’t feel safe outside the house.
“I also don’t feel safe in my own home when my father is at work and my family has gone to school and university.
“This incident has had a huge impact on my life and well-being. This has had an impact on my family and we don’t go out together very often anymore.
“I would say this incident has had a greater impact on my relationship with my friends. I hardly see them anymore because of the attack and because I’m too scared and worried to leave my house. We still use the phone to keep in touch, but it’s not the same.’
Ms Waris said she is still too stressed to work and is now receiving sick pay due to the painful migraines she still has.
She added, “I have bills to pay and haven’t been able to pay them this month.”
Ms Waris was walking home along Minet Avenue in Harlesden at 7:30 pm on 26 February when Stanekzay suddenly and deliberately slammed into her with his bicycle and began repeatedly hitting her on the head and shoulders for about a minute.
He drove off and, shocked and dazed, she continued her short drive back home, only to notice seconds later that he was threatening her again.
Stanekzay beat her repeatedly forcing Mrs. Waris to cover her face and run to Mr. Jarman’s house.
She approached the house and begged Stanekzay to leave her alone, but he ignored her pleas and launched a third savage attack.
Once inside, she wiped the blood from her nose and lip.
Enraged, Stanekzay turned his rage on a Toyota Prius parked in the street, causing £3,445 worth of damage to the car before turning his attention to Mr Jarman’s front door.
Footage shows him taking several flying kicks to the door before beginning to smash the camera and a window pane with his bicycle lock, causing more than £4,000 worth of damage.
Ms Waris was on the phone when she was initially attacked and the friend on the other end of the line had managed to contact her father, Abdullah Khan, who was driving at the scene.
Mr. Khan, who was accompanied by his other daughter, confronted Stanekzay outside the house.
Security footage shows him also being attacked by the defendant, who hit him two or three times and dragged him across the road before fleeing.
Mrs. Waris suffered a bruised lip, a swollen nose and red marks and bruises on her chest, shoulders and face.
Her father had a black eye and a broken tooth.
Stanekzay, who had come to Britain from Afghanistan as an unaccompanied 16-year-old in 2016, had been in and out of immigration centers and was homeless at the time of the attack.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of assault (ABH) and two counts of criminal damage at an earlier hearing in May.
He admitted this afternoon that he was also in violation of a suspended sentence after being convicted of ABH in December 2022 and given a 24-week suspended sentence of 12 months.
Judge Maya Sikand today sentenced him for the “entirely unprovoked” attack, saying: “Watching that footage is disturbing and frightening and I’m sorry to say it paints you in a very ugly light.”
Stanekzay, who offered his “reserved apologies” to the victims through his lawyer, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the assaults and a further 24 weeks for violating his suspended sentence.