Now banned from buses within the M25 whilst awaiting sentencing
51 year old Premlal Merenchige Salgado from Chessington admitted in court that he exposed himself to eight young women over a two year period on eight bus journeys between October 2010 and 2013.
He masturbated on the 85 bus in Putney in October 2010. He was identified by the police using his oyster card records, cctv and DNA from a semen stain on one of the buses.
The eight victims were all women aged between 16 and 26. The prosecutor, Stephen Apted, told the court in Kingston: “The defendant would board the bus, would always sit on the lower deck right at the back of the bus, and select a victim who was sitting at the back.”
The defendant used a backpack to prevent other passengers from seeing what he was doing. He also admitted to masturbating on the number 10, 26, 65, 74, 213 & 452 buses. He is banned from traveling on buses within the M25 whilst he is on bail.
Mr Salgado is unlikely to be remanded into custody as Judge Judith Coello told him: “These offences do merit a term of imprisonment, but the court will look at all sentencing options.”
August 14, 2013