Teenager, 18, jailed for sexual assaults on trains

Hadi Al Koumi pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault, and was found guilty of a fourth count

A teenager who sexually assaulted four women over three days has been jailed for four years and eight months.

Hadi Al Koumi, now aged 18, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault, and was found guilty of a fourth count. He was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on 12 September.

Al Koumi assaulted the women at underground stations and on board Tube trains across London between 6 and 8 August 2024.

He will remain under supervision for a further three years after release from prison, and the court also recommended Al Koumi for deportation.

Al Koumi was also handed a six-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and six-year restraining order, and will have to sign on to the sex offenders' register for life.

'Disturbing and abhorrent'

The court heard how, on 6 August, Al Koumi was at St John's Wood underground station when he crouched behind the first victim and assaulted her, before running away.

Two days later, on 8 August, he assaulted a second woman at Green Park station as her train arrived, walking away and winking at her afterwards.

He went on to sexually assault two more women on the same day, at East Acton station and on board a train between Greenford and Perivale station.

The court heard that the fourth victim managed to throw a glass at him after he assaulted her, and she left the train before calling the police.

The incidents were captured on CCTV, and Al Koumi was arrested by the British Transport Police (BTP) at Perivale station on 27 August 2024.

BTP Det Sgt Matthew Nolan said that Al Koumi had "exhibited a disturbing and abhorrent pattern of offending towards women".

"Al Koumi took deliberate advantage of the rail network in order to assault multiple women for his own sexual gratification," he said.