A
night bus sex pest repeatedly rubbed himself up against a young woman
during an early hours service from the West End to east London.
Shah
Ahmed, 34, of Ethel Road, Canning Town was convicted by a Snaresbrook
Crown Court jury of sexual assault and will be sentenced on December
1.
The
incident ocurred at 1.00am on October 27 on a N25 bus travelling
along Oxford Street as the 25-year-old victim was travelling home
after a Saturday a night out.
The
victim got off the bus and reported the incident to police.
The
Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC) Sexual Offences Team led
the investigation and obtained CCTV footage from the bus.
This
investigation led to Ahmed being identified and he was arrested on
November 19.
Acting
Superintendent Andrew Johnstone of the RTPC said: "Sexual
assaults on the transport network will not be tolerated and anyone
who commits such offences will be caught and prosecuted.
"If
someone has made you feel uncomfortable on your bus journey - however
minor it may seem to you - reporting it to police can help us target
the perpetrator and prevent it happening to another passenger."
Siwan
Hayward, Transport for London's Deputy Director of Enforcement and
On-Street Operations, said: "We care about our passengers and
every journey they make and do not tolerate unwanted sexual behaviour
or crime of any kind on our transport network.
“I
am pleased this offender has been found guilty for his grossly
unpleasant, and completely unacceptable crime.
"Overall
our transport network is a safe, low crime environment. Over ten
million passengers use our public transport services each day with
very few ever experiencing or witnessing crime."
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