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A man has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting a woman on the DLR.
Michael Taylor, 43, of no fixed abode, was also accused of possession of an offensive weapon and affray at the hearing at Thames Magistrates Court.
Police have welcomed the conviction of a man who committed a "horrendous" sexual assault on a woman returning from Canary Wharf two years ago.
Alomgir Rouf, 21, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to four years in jail and will be on the sex offenders register for life following his conviction last week.
A MAN who sexually assaulted a DLR passenger has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Appearing at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, September 30, Ahmed Mohamoud, 23, of Oban Street, E14, pleaded guilty to the two sex assaults and a charge of exposing himself.
The court heard how on New Year's Day earlier this year, Mohamoud boarded a DLR train at Westferry at 8am and sat next to a 26-year-old female from Greenwich, despite the rest of the carriage being empty.
As the victim went to leave the train at Poplar station, Mohamoud indecently touched her twice.
