A
paedophile, who targeted a 15 year-old schoolgirl on an early-morning
bus as she travelled to school, has been locked-up for fifteen
months.
Harvinder
Singh, 24, of Minterne Avenue, Southall initially groped the girl
then forced her to perform sex acts.
He
was also placed on the sex offenders register for ten years and was
ordered to be deported to his native India upon release.
He
pleaded guilty at Isleworth Crown Court to sexual assault and causing
a person to engage in sexual activity without consent on the route
120 bus on February 11.
As
the bus travelled between Hounslow and Southall Singh sat next to the
schoolgirl and began to touch her before forcibly making her commit
acts of a sexual nature.
The
victim managed to press the 'stop' button and got away from Singh.
She
left the bus but Singh also got off and followed her as far as her
school where she was able to report the incident.
Police
attended the victim and secured vital DNA evidence.
Singh
was identified through on-bus CCTV and arrested the following day.
Singh
gave a no comment interview, but was charged with sexual assault and
remanded in custody where he remained until his trial.
Detective
Superintendent Adnan Qureshi of the Metropolitan Police's Roads and
Transport Policing Command, said:
"This
was an excellent result, which has seen the perpetrator of an
appalling crime receive a lengthy time in jail and deportation on
release.
"If
you commit an offence on the transport network, we will pursue and
arrest you."
Steve
Burton, TfL's Director of Enforcement and On-Street Operations, said:
"We
take crimes of this nature incredibly seriously.
“Thanks
to the bravery of this victim in reporting this terrible offence the
MPS were able to track down and subsequently help convict this
predatory criminal.
“We
will continue to work closely with our policing partners to rid our
transport network of this kind of behaviour.
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