By Adetokunbo FAKEYE
A British-Nigerian, Kolawole Oladetoun, described as prolific sex offender, was on Friday, 2nd January, 2024 jailed 23 months and also handed a seven year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Oladetoun, 25, of Leather Gardens, Stratford, East London, was found guilty of five counts of exposure and one count of sexual touching at Harrow Crown Court.
According to court document, the convict on October 18, 2020, boarded train to Kentish Town and sat diagonally across from a lone 30-year-old woman.
He was accused of exposing himself and began masturbating while staring intently at the woman until she left the train frightened.
Oladetoun was also accused to have four more occasions throughout the following year targeted more women in a similar way, exposing himself and staring and or grinning at them while he masturbated.
On August 7, 2021, Oladetoun was said to have sexually touched a 19-year-old woman as she climbed the steps at Hounslow West London Underground Station.
The woman was said to have immediately turned around and punched Oladetoun who ran off and boarded another train but not before she took a photograph of him and memorised the headcode of the train.
British Transport Police, it was stated quickly arrested Oladetoun on the train after identifying him from her photograph.
Investigating officer DS Brittany Armstrong in his comment said: “Four of the women targeted by Oladetoun demonstrated remarkably quick thinking by taking a photograph or video of him despite being left shaken and terrified of what he may do next. It is in no small part thanks to all the women targeted that we were able to piece together Oladetoun predatory behaviour across the network and ultimately bring him before the courts.
“Their bravery in reporting what happened to them and their help with the investigation should be commended. We will stop at nothing and make full use of our plentiful resources to come after those who exhibit this type of behaviour on the network.
“If you experience or witness a sexual offence on the railway, I urge you to report it to 61016 or via the Railway Guardian app. In an emergency, always dial 999. We will always take you seriously”.
