Man jailed after raping girl on London train platform

The perpetrator met the victim on a London train platform shortly after 8 p.m., escorted her into a waiting room and repeatedly asked her to check the women's toilets. When she entered the restroom, he followed and raped her. Upon returning to the platform, he instructed her to run across the tracks if police arrived.

The girl reported the assault to British Transport Police the next day, prompting an investigation. Detectives arrested the man at Basildon station on October 25 after rail staff flagged him for traveling without a valid ticket. A court has sentenced him to imprisonment, imposed an indefinite restraining order and an eight-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Police highlighted the premeditated nature of the attack and the threat it poses to women and girls.