A 36-year-old Nigerian man, Babatunde Odutola, has been sentenced to 44 weeks in prison in the United Kingdom after exposing himself and engaging in an indecent act in front of a woman on a train heading towards Manchester.
Odutola, who has no fixed address and is a registered sex offender, was sentenced at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 14, after pleading guilty to outraging public decency and breaching a suspended sentence order.
The incident occurred at about 7pm on Friday, September 11, while the train was travelling through Cheshire towards Manchester Piccadilly.
According to the British Transport Police, Odutola approached the woman, looked her up and down and became aggressive after she refused to engage with him.
Police said he subsequently exposed himself while seated in a wheelchair and engaged in an indecent act while staring at the woman and asking her to “come over”.
A fellow passenger intervened and helped the distressed woman leave the carriage.
The police said CCTV footage showed that Odutola continued the act as other passengers moved through the carriage.
Officers arrested him after the train arrived at Manchester Piccadilly, and he was prosecuted and sentenced within 72 hours of the incident.
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Detective Constable Leonidas Christoforou of the British Transport Police said Odutola had singled out the woman while she was travelling alone.
“He’s shown little remorse for his actions and denied the allegations against him during his police interview,” Christoforou said.
However, the officer said CCTV footage and witness accounts provided evidence against Odutola, who later pleaded guilty in court.
Christoforou added that the case was not Odutola’s first offence, noting that he was already a registered sex offender.
He said the British Transport Police would continue to take action against individuals involved in similar behaviour on the railway network.
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The force also urged passengers who experience or witness such incidents to report them by texting 61016.
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