Serial flasher banned from removing trousers on Tube after exposing himself to shocked women

Alex Lentati
Mark Chandler5 April 2017
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A serial flasher has been banned from removing his trousers on the Tube after repeatedly exposing himself to shocked female travellers.

Perverted Laszlo Szigili boarded three trains and, when he was alone in a carriage with lone women, would take off his trousers.

The 48-year-old would them expose and touch himself, waiting for the Northern and Central line trains to leave their station so the women were unable to escape.

He was caught after a distressed victim reported his action to police in January.

While in custody, he was recognised as a suspect in two other offences dating back to 2015 and 2014.

After being charged on Valentine’s Day, Szigili, of Watford Way, Hendon, eventually admitted three counts of outraging public decency.

At Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday he was handed a 16-month sentence for each offence, suspended for two years.

He was also slapped with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order banning him from removing any item of clothing below the waist while on any public transport, unless he is using a toilet with the door locked.

Steve Burton, TfL’s Director of Enforcement and On-Street Operations, said: “All our passengers have the right to travel without fear or intimidation and as this case highlights, those who commit unwanted sexual acts like Szigili will be caught and brought to justice.”

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