A male masseuse launched copycat sex assaults on two female customers over two years apart - once at a wellness centre then at a Hilton Hotel spa, a jury have been told.
Both woman were fondled between the legs by 34 year-old Mohamed El-Alfie, who told the second woman he simply wanted to give her pleasure, Isleworth Crown Court heard.
Self-employed El-Alfie, of Brackenbury Road, Hammersmith is said to have committed the offences at The Happiness Centre, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush and the Hilton Hotel, Syon Park, Brentford.
He has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexually assaulting the first woman and one count of assault by penetration on September 12, 2012 and one count of assault by penetration in relation to the second woman on January 2, last year.
Prosecutor Mr. Alisdair Smith said the first complainant, a married woman in her late thirties who cycles to her job in the West End, specifically booked El-Alfie for a sports massage.
She visited The Happiness Centre after work for treatment on an old back injury. “She was dressed just in her knickers with a towel around her.
“While massaging her buttocks he asked her to take her knickers off and she was surprised that instead of allowing her to remove them he pulled her knickers down himself and took them off.
“He continued massaging her inner thigh and touched her between her legs five to seven times.
The jury heard the woman told the defendant - known as Alfie -: “No, I don’t think so. If I wanted that sort of massage I wouldn’t be here. Do it again and I’ll report you.”
However, he repeated the act say the prosecution. “He did the same thing and moved her arms away and massaged her breasts without asking,” said Mr. Smith.
“He asked her if she had a boyfriend and she said she was married. He asked her if she wanted to go for a drink.”
There followed a dispute about payment. “She said she did not expect to be ‘felt up’ during a sports massage and told the receptionist she had been ‘touched up’ in the room.”
The woman told the jury. “He was very close, I could hear his heavy breathing.
“He was pushing the towel further up as he came up my leg.
“There was a definite motion and his hand touched me intimately. It was not accidental, it was not a slipping of oil.
“It felt like fingertips running up with some pressure and there was some movement inside
“He shrugged and smirked as if to say: ‘I’ve tried it on. What are you making a fuss about?’
“He said: ‘I don’t do this all the time, but you’re very beautiful.’”
The police did not pursue a prosecution, but did charge El-Alfie when a second woman, who was visiting the hotel spa with her daughter twenty-eight months later, made a similar claim.
“She was sexually assaulted in a very similar way and it is no coincidence that the masseuse was the same,” explained Mr. Smith.
“He moved her legs slightly apart before slipping his hand between them and inside.
“He pushed his fingers inside her four or five times and she said: ‘You’ve got to stop that now.’
“His response was that he just wanted to pleasure her.”
El-Alfie was arrested and again denied the claims. “He said it was: ‘Complete bullshit.’”
The trial is expected to last a week……….
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