Flasher Jailed For "Disturbing" String Of Identical Offences

A Bakerloo Line pervert, who exposed himself to multiple lone female passengers during a sick four-month campaign, has been locked-up.

Matheus Prestes, 30, stared at his victims, while sometimes pleasuring himself during different journey through London, last year.

At Inner London Crown Court he pleaded guilty to eight counts of exposure and received eight months imprisonment.

His first reported incident occurred at around 7.00pm on Saturday, June 21, when he stepped off a Bakerloo line service at Baker Street Underground Station.

While standing on the platform he exposed himself while staring at a female passenger onboard the train.

Only days later, on Wednesday June 25, he again exposed himself and began masturbating in front of another woman on a southbound Bakerloo line service. 

When she told him she was reporting his actions to the police, he quickly got off the train at Edgware Road Underground Station.

On Sunday, July 6 at around 6.00pm, Prestes targeted another lone woman on a Bakerloo line service near Kenton Underground Station, north-west London. 

After exposing himself on board the train, he got off, stood on the platform, and stared at her while masturbating.

Then, on Tuesday, August 5, he walked along a tube carriage before he exposed himself to a woman near Lambeth North Underground Station. 

Later that month on Friday, August 22, another woman reported that Prestes had exposed himself to her between Oxford Circus and Waterloo stations before masturbating in her eyeline and leaving the train.

On Saturday, October 11 he targeted three women in a day, again on Bakerloo line trains. 

On each occasion he exposed himself to a lone woman and immediately got off the train.

British Transport Police (BTP) officers identified Prestes as the man responsible for the series of offences and he was arrested.

In police interview he admitted he offended because he “felt like doing it”, telling officers the adrenaline rush motivated his repeated behaviour.

BTP Sergeant James Ashby said: “Prestes repeatedly targeted women on the London Underground in deliberate and predatory acts. 

“His behaviour was disturbing, persistent, and entirely unacceptable. 

“It is down to these brave women reporting these incidents that we were able to piece together his spree of offending and put him behind bars.

"This sentence reflects the seriousness of his actions. 

“Passengers can be reassured that we will always take reports of sexual offences seriously, act quickly to identify offenders, and work tirelessly to bring them before the courts.