intercourse attacker has been jailed after police swooped after they recognised his clothes via CCTV footage from one in all his crimes.
Abid Khanzada, 27, had focused lone ladies in Camden with a string of offences between 15 and 21 January.
A complete of 5 girl, principally aged of their early 20s, have been sexually assaulted by Khanzada.
Khanzada, from Camden, had pushed one sufferer to the bottom earlier than sexually assaulting her, Wooden Inexperienced Crown Court docket had heard.
He pinned the sufferer to her entrance door and sexually assaulted her, solely stopping when he was challenged by a member of public.
Officers from the Central North Public Safety group trawled hours of CCTV footage from the crime scenes.
Within the early hours of February 25 officers from the Public Safety Predatory Offender Unit have been on patrol within the space of the assaults after they noticed a person carrying comparable clothes to that of the suspect.
He additionally matched the bodily description offered to police. He was arrested and in custody he gave a “no remark” interview.
Khanzada was finally charged with 4 offences of sexual assault and one in all digital penetration.
He pleaded responsible on June 5 at Wooden Inexperienced Crown Court docket to 4 counts of sexual assault. On July 19 on the similar courtroom he pleaded responsible to sexual assault by penetration forward of trial.
He was jailed for 3 years on September 13.
DCI Steve Tod, who led the investigation, mentioned: “We have been completely decided to seek out the person answerable for such critical offences and produce him to justice.
“Khanzada posed a major menace to ladies. He subjected these victims to a terrifying ordeal and I wish to reward each one in all them for his or her bravery in coming ahead. Reliving their experiences can have been extraordinarily traumatic, however their actions have ensured that he gained’t have the ability to assault additional ladies.
“Nobody ought to reside in concern of being the sufferer of such horrendous offences whereas merely going about their day by day lives, and we are going to proceed to do all the things we will to verify ladies really feel protected on the streets of London.”
