Pervert Sniffed Female Shoppers' Rears For Sex Thrills

A pervert was caught on a store's CCTV getting down on his hands and knees to sniff the bottom's of female shoppers for sexual kicks.

Jobless Adrian Joel Simpson, 26, was monitored at a branch of TK Maxx sneaking up on four women - one of whom was pushing her baby in a pram when freaked-out by the convicted sex offender.

Simpson, of Glenforth Street, Greenwich pleaded guilty to outraging public decency at the Bugsby Way, Charlton store on March 3 and was sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months.

Prosecutor Mrs Remi Ogunfowora told Bromley Magistrates Court: "He was kept under observation on CCTV and was seen going to the female clothing area and looking around him.

"He was paying attention to females and crouched down on the floor next to one and seemed to sniff her bottom.

"The CCTV operators saw him do that with other females, crouching down on his knees, putting his nose very close and sniffing around their bottom's."

Police were called and Simpson, who had recently been released from a ten-month prison sentence for sexual assault and beating, claimed: "I wasn't smelling them. I wanted to get very close to them."

He was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for seven years in 2011 and and is subject to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order, which expires in 2018.

The defence claim only one of the four women were even aware of Simpson, but one said: "The male didn't talk to me, but made me feel uneasy and uncomfortable."

Mrs Ogunfowora added: "Another woman had to push her pram away because she was concerned."

District Judge Mr. Nigel Dean said: "His motivation was sexual, he obtained sexual gratification from it.

"The psychologist says this was planned behaviour, it was not spontaneous and it is aggravated by his previous offending."

Simpson's defence said there had been an element of punishment because the defendant had spent three days in custody after his arrest.

Mr. Dean told Simpson: "This offence is made more serious because of your record of offending and is so serious a custodial sentence is appropriate."

The defendant was also placed on probation for twelve months, with a mental health treatment requirement, and ordered to pay £85 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.