London Night Tube predator who sexually assaulted sleeping women jailed
Salman Yousaf, a 46-year-old serial sexual predator, has been sentenced for multiple assaults on women asleep on London's Night Tube. He was already in prison for an unrelated crime when police linked him to these offenses through a tip-off. Yousaf admitted to eight counts of sexual assault and one of outraging public decency, receiving a custodial sentence and being placed on the sexual offenders register for life.
- ▪Salman Yousaf was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on May 20.
- ▪He admitted to eight counts of sexual assault and one count of outraging public decency.
- ▪Yousaf was already serving a prison sentence for an unrelated crime when he was identified.
- ▪His crimes occurred between 2017 and 2021, targeting women who were alone and asleep on the Night Tube.
- ▪He has been placed under a sexual harm prevention order and will remain on the sexual offenders register for life.
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