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Failed asylum seeker denies raping woman

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A trial date has been set for 26 May 2026

A failed asylum seeker has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman in Dorset.

Mohammed Fathi Eltbie, from Egypt, denies attacking the woman in her 30s in a wooded area in Bournemouth on 5 November.

During a plea hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court, the 24-year-old was represented by barrister Nick Robinson and assisted by an Arabic interpreter.

He was remanded in custody until his trial, set to start on 26 May 2026, with a further preliminary hearing set for 23 March.

A previous hearing was told that Eltbie's asylum status was "uncertain" after the Egyptian national's application was refused in January, with him having entered the UK in July 2023.

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