SERIAL FLASHER WHO TARGETED LONE WOMEN ON THE TUBE IS JAILED
A sexual predator who repeatedly flashed lone women travelling on the Tube has been jailed for eight months.Matheus Prestes, 30, targeted his victims on the Bakerloo line in a spree lasting four months from June to October last year.
He admitted eight counts of exposure at Inner London Crown Court earlier this month.
The British Transport Police (BTP) praised the bravery of the women in coming forward to report the pervert.
BTP Sergeant James Ashby said: ‘Prestes repeatedly targeted women on the London Underground in deliberate and predatory acts.
‘His behaviour was disturbing, persistent, and entirely unacceptable.
It is down to these brave women reporting these incidents that we were able to piece together his spree of offending and put him behind bars.’ Prestes’s first reported incident took place on June 21, when he stepped off a Bakerloo line train at Baker Street, turned around, and exposed himself while staring at a woman still on board.
Days later, he again exposed himself and masturbated in front of another woman on a southbound Bakerloo line service.
When reported, he quickly got off the train at Edgware Road.
On July 6, Prestes targeted another woman on a Bakerloo line near Kenton, exposing himself and masturbating.
Later that month, on August 22, he exposed himself to a woman between Oxford Circus and Waterloo before masturbating in her line of sight and leaving the train.
On October 11, Prestes targeted three women in a day on Bakerloo line trains, exposing himself to each and immediately getting off.
Sgt Ashby emphasized the seriousness of his actions and stated that police will always take reports of sexual offences seriously.
The court sentenced Prestes to eight months’ imprisonment.
He is a predator who persistently targeted women for exposure, with incidents spanning from June to October.
