Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker ‘assaulted two feminine cops’ in Bournemouth, courtroom advised

An asylum seeker who lived on the Bibby Stockholm has appeared in court accused of assaulting two female police officers. 

Kenson Noel is accused of assaulting PC Sinead Sheath and PC Madeline Duncanson in Bournemouth on October 27.

The 30-year-old came to the UK after fleeing gangs in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago.

He was sent to live on the controversial Bibby Stockholm migrant barge in May 2024.

He was later moved to the Roundhouse Hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset, which is being used by the Home Office to house asylum seekers.

Noel is also said to have caused £60 of damage to a police cell on the same date. He denies all the charges.

Magistrates in Poole heard the trial could not be listed until August 19, next year.

Noel was released on unconditional bail until then but warned the trial could proceed in his absence if he does not return on that date.

Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker Kenson Noel (pictured) has appeared in court accused of assaulting two female police officers

The controversial Bibby Stockholm barge (pictured) which closed last November

The controversial Bibby Stockholm barge closed last November after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the facility would close following Labour’s general election win just over a year ago. 

The accommodation barge had arrived in Portland Port in July 2023 and housed up to 500 migrants while their cases for asylum are dealt with by officials.

The barge sailed out of Portland Harbour for the final time in January this year after the contract expired and has since left the UK.