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A 36-year-old Nigerian, Babatunde Odutola, has been jailed for 44 weeks in the United Kingdom after pleading guilty to outraging public decency and breaching a suspended sentence order.
British Transport Police said that Odutola was arrested after allegedly masturbating and behaving aggressively in front of a woman travelling alone on a train to Manchester Piccadilly.
According to the BTP, officers were called to Manchester Piccadilly last Friday after receiving reports of the incident.
Odutola was arrested at the station.
He appeared before Manchester Magistrates’ Court on September 14, where he pleaded guilty to one count of outraging public decency and breaching a suspended sentence order.
He was sentenced to 44 weeks in prison.
Detective Constable Leonidas Christoforou described Odutola as “an incredibly dangerous individual” and said the incident must have been frightening for the woman.
“He’s shown little remorse for his actions and denied the allegations against him during his police interview,” Christoforou said.
The detective said CCTV footage and witness statements provided evidence against Odutola before he eventually admitted the offences in court.
“A stack of incriminating evidence, including damning CCTV and several witness accounts, left him with little choice but to plead guilty when he appeared in court,” he added.
The BTP said the case was concluded within 72 hours of the investigation, crediting its rapid response to the report.
The case comes months after another Nigerian, Daniel Odubanjo, was sentenced to six years in prison in the UK for sexually assaulting a woman during a train journey.
Odubanjo was sentenced by Chelmsford Crown Court on January 12 for offences including false imprisonment and sexual assault.
The court heard that he assaulted the woman while she was using a train toilet.
