A 36-year-old Nigerian, Babatunde Odutola, of no fixed address, has been sentenced to a total of 44 weeks in prison after subjecting a woman to a disturbing ordeal on a train travelling through Cheshire towards Manchester Piccadilly in the United Kingdom.
Odutola was sentenced at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 14, after pleading guilty to one count of Outraging Public Decency and breaching a suspended sentence order. The sentence came just three days after the incident.
At about 7pm on Friday, September 11, Odutola approached a woman who was travelling alone. He looked her up and down in an intimidating manner and became aggressive when she refused to engage with him.
He then exposed himself while sitting in a wheelchair, masturbated while looking at the woman and told her to “come over.” A fellow passenger escorted the distressed woman out of the carriage.
CCTV footage showed Odutola continuing to m*s*u*b*te as other passengers passed through the carriage. Police were called, and British Transport Police officers arrested him after the train arrived at Manchester Piccadilly.
British Transport Police Detective Constable Leonidas Christoforou said: “Odutola is clearly an incredibly dangerous individual and his disturbing behaviour must have been terrifying for the victim, who he singled out when she was travelling on her own.
He said Odutola showed little remorse, denied the allegations during his police interview, but was confronted with strong evidence, including CCTV footage and several witness accounts, leaving him with little option but to plead guilty in court.
Christoforou added that the incident was not an isolated case, noting that Odutola was already a registered s+x offender. He warned that such “alarming, pred@tory behaviour” would not be tolerated on the railway.
According to him, holding offenders accountable is a top priority for the force, which remains committed to bringing perpetrators to justice.
