Revealed: Asylum seeker was on parole for rape and had avoided deportation despite numerous convictions when he was filmed pushing a 91-year-old Swedish widow down stairs and robbing her

An asylum seeker who pushed a 91-year-old widow down a flight of stairs was on parole for rape at the time and had avoided deportation by Swedish authorities due to 'lenient' rules, local media reports. Karam Kanjo, 26, was caught on train station CCTV assaulting his elderly victim before ripping her gold necklaces from her neck as she made her way to her husband's grave on August 29. He had previously been convicted of rape and theft The attack took place in Sollentuna station, around eight miles northwest of Stockholm, with CCTV footage capturing the shocking incident The pair were seen halfway up a set of stairs in the train station, before the man grabbed the elderly women They tumbled down the stairs together as he tried to pull her necklaces from her neck. Karam Kanjo has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for the attack In it, he is seen grabbing his elderly victim as she walked up the stairs at the station. Kanjo was caught on CCTV attacking the elderly widow, who was on her way to visit her husband's grave For after years of horrific gangland violence blamed largely on Sweden's soaring migrant population, the centre-Right government has slammed the border shut, announcing a raft of harsh measures aimed at reducing the numbers of foreign-born residents, which currently stands at more than 20 per cent of the 10.6 million total.