A 36-year-old Nigerian, Babatunde Odutola, has been sentenced to 44 weeks in prison in the United Kingdom after pleading guilty to outraging public decency and breaching a suspended sentence order.
This was contained in a statement issued by the British Transport Police on Thursday.
According to the BTP, Odutola was arrested after allegedly masturbating and behaving aggressively in front of a woman who was travelling alone on a train bound for Manchester Piccadilly railway station.
The police said officers were called to Manchester Piccadilly last Friday following reports of the incident and arrested Odutola, who was of no fixed address, at the station.
Odutola appeared before Manchester Magistrates’ Court on September 14, where he pleaded guilty to one count of outraging public decency and breaching a suspended sentence order.
He was subsequently sentenced to 44 weeks in prison.
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👉 JOIN WHATSAPP CHANNELDetective Constable Leonidas Christoforou described Odutola as “an incredibly dangerous individual” and said his alleged behaviour must have been terrifying for the victim, whom he reportedly singled out while she was travelling alone.
“He’s shown little remorse for his actions and denied the allegations against him during his police interview,” Christoforou said.
The detective added that CCTV footage and witness accounts provided evidence against Odutola before he eventually pleaded guilty in court.
“A stack of incriminating evidence, including damning CCTV and several witness accounts, left him with little choice but to plead guilty when he appeared in court,” he added.
The BTP said the case was concluded within 72 hours of its investigation, attributing the outcome to its rapid response to the report.
In January, another Nigerian, Daniel Odubanjo, was sentenced to six years in prison in the UK for sexually assaulting a woman during a train journey.
Odubanjo was sentenced by Chelmsford Crown Court on January 12 for offences including false imprisonment and sexual assault after a woman reported that he assaulted her while she was using a train toilet.
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