Jailed woman basher Jawad Qayyum faces deportation after Supreme Court appeal bid rejected

A Pakistani man whose brutal attacks left his victim in hospital has attempted to avoid deportation through a Supreme Court appeal.

Jawad Qayyum has bid to appeal sentence and avoid deportation to Pakistan rejected over continued violent assault of woman.

A Pakistani man who was locked up after bashing a woman and attempting to coerce a witness into making a false statement will face deportation, after his attempt to reduce his prison sentence was squashed.

Jawad Qayyum, 41, fronted the Court of Appeal on February 20, to hear the result of his appeal bid to reduce his jail time.

Qayyum — who was on a bridging visa at the time of his arrest — was jailed for two years in 2024, after he admitted to enlisting his US-based brother to coerce a woman known to his victim into submitting a “sympathetic” statement to a court on his behalf.

At the time, Qayyum was facing charges including assault, centred on extremely violent and regular assaults on a woman including “mental torment”.

Sentenced to serve a maximum of two years with a 12-month non-parole period, Qayyum faced deportation after completing his prison term.

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Qayyum was sentenced to two years behind bars with a 12-month parole period 2024.

The Migration Act states that a permanent resident who is not an Australian citizen could be deported if they are convicted of a crime where they serve a prison sentence of one year or longer.

In January, Qayyum launched an appeal bid to reduce his sentence, where his lawyers attempted to downplay his efforts to pervert the course of justice.

The court heard the witness heard Qayyum confess to beating the victim and later saw marks on the victim’s body.

In an attempt to convince the witness to “say something about the mental health of the victim”, the court was told Qayyum’s brother had “constantly” called and messaged the woman over a “protracted” two week period.

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Qayyum was also found to have used his US-based brother to attempt to manipulate a witness into giving a positive statement to the court.

Cases brought to the Court of Appeal are heard by a panel of judges.

On Thursday, Justice Jack Forrest and Justice Karen Emerton handed down their decision to reject Qayyum’s request to appeal.

In January, Justice Emerton characterised Qayyum’s offending “calculated and highly manipulative, saying he was “trying to get (the witness) to say nothing whatsoever about the beatings”.

“He tried to paint a false picture by deliberately omitting reference to the beatings,” she said.

Qayyum will likely be deported to Pakistan after his release.