Babatunde Odutola, 36, of no fastened tackle, was sentenced to 44 weeks in jail by Manchester Magistrates Court docket on Monday, September 14.
He pleaded responsible to outraging public decency and breaching a suspended sentence order.
The offence happened simply three days earlier, on Friday, September 11, round 7pm on a prepare travelling by way of Cheshire in the direction of Manchester Piccadilly.
British Transport Police mentioned Odutola, who was sitting in a wheelchair, aggressively approached a feminine passenger earlier than exposing himself, masturbating, and telling her to ‘come over.’
The lady was helped out of the carriage by one other passenger whereas Odutola continued to masturbate in full view of others, in accordance with CCTV footage.
He was arrested at Manchester Piccadilly station by British Transport Law enforcement officials.
British Transport Police Detective Constable Leonidas Christoforou mentioned: “Odutola is clearly an extremely harmful particular person and his disturbing behaviour will need to have been terrifying for the sufferer, who he singled out when she was travelling on her personal.
“He’s proven little regret for his actions and denied the allegations in opposition to him throughout his police interview.
“However a stack of incriminating proof, together with damning CCTV and several other witness accounts, left him with little selection however to plead responsible when he appeared in court docket.
“This was not a one-off from Odutola, who was already a registered intercourse offender, and such a alarming, predatory behaviour merely is not going to be tolerated on our railways.
“Holding vile offenders like him to account is a primary precedence for us as a power and we’re tireless in our efforts to deliver them to justice.
“For those who expertise or witness these crimes on the railway, please report it to us by texting 61016.
“We’ll at all times take motion.”
Odutola’s conviction and sentence adopted an investigation by British Transport Police, who introduced the case to court docket inside 72 hours of the incident.