Man jailed for attempted rape after claiming 'micropenis'
Hossein Mahoudi was sentenced to 11 years for attempted rape after claiming he could not have sex.
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Hossein Mohmoudi, an Iranian migrant, has been jailed for trying to rape a woman in an alleyway after stalking her back from a Christmas party
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What this story says
- Hossein Mahoudi was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempted rape.
- Mahoudi claimed he had a 'micropenis' and was therefore unable to have sex, a defence the judge rejected.
- The judge found evidence showed Mahoudi was capable of committing rape.
- Mahoudi arrived in the UK by boat across the English Channel.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 12 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
67/100
Hype
41/100
12 sources · methodology
Hossein Mahoudi has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempted rape in the UK. Mahoudi claimed he had a 'micropenis' and was therefore unable to have sex. The judge concluded that the evidence showed Mahoudi was capable of committing rape. Mahoudi arrived in the UK by boat across the English Channel.
Disagreement on Mahoudi's arrival
Ekstra Bladet reported that Mahoudi arrived in the UK by boat across the English Channel. The outlet also stated that Mahoudi was imprisoned for ten months for piloting the boat before being housed in an asylum centre.
What the coverage left out
No centre-rated reports mentioned the judge's conclusion that Mahoudi was capable of committing rape. The centre-rated report did not mention the judge's conclusion that Mahoudi was capable of committing rape.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 12 Oct 2026, 23:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
3 rated outlets
- The centre-rated report from Ekstra Bladet led with Mahoudi's claim of having a 'micropenis' and being unable to have sex. It stated that Mahoudi was sentenced to 11 years for attempted rape, citing The Sun as its source for the UK reporting. The report detailed Mahoudi's journey to the UK by boat across the English Channel and his subsequent accommodation in an asylum centre. It described how Mahoudi followed a 43-year-old woman for 55 minutes and boarded the same bus as her before attempting to rape her in an alley, where he was stopped by passers-by. The report noted that doctors examined Mahoudi's claim in prison and that the judge concluded the evidence showed he was capable of rape. Additional defences offered by Mahoudi, including obesity, smoking habits, and depression, were also mentioned, as were claims of attending English lessons at the time of the offence. The report also included the judge's statement that Mahoudi was looking for someone to exploit, and mentioned Mahoudi's prior incidents of stalking and harassment.
Right
5 rated outlets
- Right-rated outlets led on the defendant's claim of having a micropenis as a defence against attempted rape charges. The Daily Express and GB News highlighted this defence, with GB News adding the defendant was an asylum seeker who piloted a migrant boat.
- Globo reported that the 36-year-old Iranian man claimed his physical condition prevented him from committing the crime. This outlet also noted that doctors visited him in his cell to examine his penis.
- The digests from these outlets agree the man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempted rape. GB News reported the judge described the defendant as a 'dangerous sexual predator'.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Man jailed for attempted rape after claiming 'micropenis'?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 12. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Man jailed for attempted rape after claiming 'micropenis' left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Man jailed for attempted rape after claiming 'micropenis' biased?
- Man jailed for attempted rape after claiming 'micropenis' is one event reported by 12 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Man jailed for attempted rape after claiming 'micropenis'?
- 12 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What was Hossein Mahoudi sentenced for?
- Hossein Mahoudi was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempted rape. He made a defence claiming he had a 'micropenis' and was therefore unable to have sex, which the judge rejected.
- How did Hossein Mahoudi arrive in the UK?
- According to Ekstra Bladet, Hossein Mahoudi arrived in the UK by boat across the English Channel. The outlet also reported he was imprisoned for ten months for piloting the boat before being housed in an asylum centre.
- What was Mahoudi's defence in court?
- Mahoudi claimed he had a 'micropenis' and was therefore unable to have sex, and thus could not commit rape. He also cited obesity, smoking habits, and depression as reasons for not having the ability or desire for sex.
Read it at the source
12 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
3- Wild Claim in Court: Lied About 'Micropenis' (opens Ekstra Bladet in a new tab)
Ekstra Bladet — is Ekstra Bladet biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Migrant Tells Court Micropenis Made Him Incapable of Woman Attack (opens Internewscast in a new tab)
Internewscast — is Internewscast biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Migrant claimed he couldn't have attacked woman as he 'has micropenis' (opens dailymail.com in a new tab)
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Right
5- Migrant predator who claimed he could not commit rape because of 'micropenis' locked up (opens GB News in a new tab)
- ’Predator’: Migrant who made micropenis claim jailed for 11 years (opens News in a new tab)
- Migrant claimed he couldn't have tried to rape woman because had 'micropenis' (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
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- Man Claims to Have Micropenis to Defend Himself From Rape Charges and Receives Visits From Doctors Before Conviction (opens Globo in a new tab)
- Micropenis meant I couldn't have sex, claimed migrant ' ... (opens The Telegraph in a new tab)
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Not rated
4- Iranian Migrant Jailed for Attempted Rape, Denies Claiming He Has a Micropenis (opens SINDOnews.com in a new tab)
SINDOnews.com — is SINDOnews.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Migrant claimed he couldn’t have tried to rape woman because had ‘micropenis’ (opens PressNewsAgency in a new tab)
PressNewsAgency — is PressNewsAgency biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Migrant Accused of Attacking Woman Claims Micropenis Made Assault Impossible, Court Hears (opens NewsFinale in a new tab)
NewsFinale — is NewsFinale biased? Our profile of this outlet
- ‘Micropenis meant I couldn’t rape’, Iranian migrant claims... (opens Flying Eze in a new tab)
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