MANCHESTER — A 36-year-old Nigerian man has been jailed in the UK after exposing himself and masturbating in front of a woman on a train to Manchester.
Babatunde Odutola, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 44 weeks in prison at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 14, after pleading guilty to outraging public decency and breaching a suspended sentence order.
The incident happened around 7 p.m. on Friday, September 11, on a train travelling through Cheshire towards Manchester Piccadilly, according to British Transport Police.
Police said Odutola approached a woman on the train, looked her up and down and became aggressive when she refused to engage with him. He then exposed himself while sitting in a wheelchair and began masturbating while staring at the woman and telling her to “come over.”
A fellow passenger intervened and escorted the woman from the carriage.
CCTV footage showed Odutola continued the act as other passengers walked through the carriage, police said. Officers arrested him after the train arrived at Manchester Piccadilly.
He was prosecuted and jailed within 72 hours of the incident.
Detective Constable Leonidas Christoforou of British Transport Police said the behaviour had been “terrifying” for the victim, who was travelling alone.
“He’s shown little remorse for his actions and denied the allegations against him during his police interview,” Christoforou said.
He said CCTV and witness accounts provided evidence against Odutola, who eventually pleaded guilty in court.
Police described Odutola as a registered sex offender.
Nigerian Man Jailed In UK For Masturbating In Front Of Woman On Train
