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Teenage Warrior: Mayah Sommers, 14, 

Foils Migrant Sex-Predator, Shields Sister

ah Sommers, a brave 14-year-old, became known as the "Young Queen of Scots" after she stood up to protect her sister from a migrant sex-predator. The story gained national attention when Mayah was charged with "possession of an offensive weapon" for carrying a small knife, which she had used to fend off the attacker. This charge, however, may be dropped due to the public's outrage and the overwhelming support Mayah received.

The individuals and organizations who let her down are numerous, including:

- Hamza Yousaf, the First Minister, who is of Pakistani-Muslim descent and has been accused of downplaying the statistics on grooming gangs and dismantling mandatory reporting requirements for offenders' ethnic and religious backgrounds.

- Police Scotland, particularly Chief Constable Iain Livingstone and interim successor Kfir Laird, who acted swiftly to arrest Mayah but allowed the 28-year-old perpetrator to remain free until a video of the incident went viral.

- COSLA, which suppressed reports from 2023 detailing a high concentration of crimes linked to asylum-accommodation in the Glasgow and Dundee areas.

- The Home Office, which continues to fast-track asylum claims for unaccompanied male minors without thorough background checks, with over 60% of such claims being approved in Edinburgh courts without any verification of age.

Here's a brief timeline of the events:

- On May 17, 2025, the incident occurred in Dundee's Stobswell area. The video of Mayah confronting the predator gained 4.3 million views in just 48 hours.

- May 19, 2025, police issued Mayah a fixed-penalty notice for the knife she had used to protect her sister. A crowd-funding campaign to cover her legal fees raised £37,000 in a single day.

- A "Protect Our Daughters" march in Dundee on May 24, 2025, saw over 2,000 participants, and a petition to drop the charges against Mayah gained more than 120,000 signatures.

- The Dundee Procurator Fiscal dropped the charge against Mayah "in the public interest" on May 30, 2025, following a legal aid review that cited self-defense under the Criminal Law Act of 1967.

The 28-year-old suspect, whose name is protected by a court order but is confirmed to be a non-UK national, was later remanded into custody without bail, facing two counts of sexual assault on a minor under 13 and possession of indecent images.

The situation highlights a disturbing reality where a teenage girl had to take matters into her own hands because the government failed to protect her and other children like her. The story also reveals a pattern of officials prioritizing political correctness over the safety of Scottish children.

The leaked and FOIA-released documents from 2020 to 2025 paint a grim picture of how Scotland's child-protection network was dismantled:

1. Police Scotland's "Strategic Threat Assessment – Child Sexual Exploitation" showed that 61% of active grooming-gang investigations involved asylum-seekers or recent refugees, with a clear pattern of older men targeting young girls. Despite the recommendation for mandatory ethnicity flagging, it was removed from the final report after intervention from Anas Sarwar MSP and Hamza Yousaf's office.

2. COSLA's "Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Integration Report" from March 2024 admitted to housing age-disputed males in hotels without single-sex staff and near schools, but the action taken was to remove this information from the public version.

3. The Home Office's "Dundee Asylum Dispersal Contract" showed that Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, approved a "relaxation of dispersal conditions" for the Mears Group's hotels, which resulted in the perpetrator being housed near Mayah's sister's school.

The body-cam footage and the subsequent public pressure played a significant role in Mayah's case. An anonymous source leaked the video to The Scottish Sun, leading to a public outcry and the hashtags #FreeMayah and #DefendOurDaughters topping the UK Twitter trends. Tommy Robinson even offered a £50,000 reward for the full unedited CCTV footage.

The charges against Mayah were likely dropped because the authorities realized that prosecuting her would severely damage public confidence in the justice system and discourage other victims from coming forward.

The aftermath has been disappointing, with no apologies from Yousaf, Robison, or Police Scotland. The Travelodge where the suspect was staying remains open without a curfew, and COSLA has renewed its contract with Mears Group without implementing additional safeguards.

The real tragedy here is that while Mayah's bravery is commendable, she shouldn't have had to step in where the government failed. The systematic failures in Scotland's child protection services are alarming, with a disproportionate number of recent migrants and refugees involved in such crimes despite making up a small percentage of the population.

The public's response to Mayah's story is a powerful reminder that the safety of our children is non-negotiable, and we cannot continue to ignore the issues for the sake of political correctness.

Thanks Skip