Man touched schoolboy, asked dog walker for sex and followed teenager home - in just 45 minutes
A sex pest targeted three victims in just 45 minutes - including two schoolboys. Mohammad Alhadi tried to get two 15-year-olds and a 21-year-old dog walker to engage in sexual activity with him in Cheshire, a court heard this week.
The 26-year-old approached his first young victim on Halton Brook Avenue, in Runcorn, at around 3pm on Tuesday, May 7. Alhadi approached the 15-year-old claiming he needed help.
While he spoke to the boy, Alhadi made a sexual hand gesture towards him, before going on to touch the victim's genitals over his trousers. Distressed, the victim fled from Alhadi, but he was able to take a picture of his attacker before leaving the scene.
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Moments later, Alhadi began to speak to the passing dog walker near City Fields. During their conversation, Alhadi began making inappropriate comments before asking him to engage in sex with him.
Alhadi proceeded to make gestures of a sexual nature towards him, before putting his hands into his trousers and touching himself inappropriately. He was then chased away by the victim.
In the final incident, Alhadi approached a second 15-year-old boy as he walked home from school on Halton Brook Avenue, and asked him for help. The boy asked what he needed, to which Alhadi replied with 'sex' and offered him £10.
The boy walked away from Alhadi, who followed him and repeatedly asked him to engage in sex, until the youth entered his parent's home nearby and informed them of the incident. After receiving descriptions and photographs of Alhadi from all three of the victims, Cheshire Police officers located and arrested Alhadi at his home address on Wednesday, May 8.
During his arrest, officers seized the items of clothing he was seen wearing in the photograph taken by the first 15-year-old boy he approached. While interviewed, Alhadi was presented with this photograph and he responded that it was not him, but rather someone dressed very similar to him.
He also denied that he approached the three victims, asked them for sex, touched himself and touched the genitals of one of the 15-year-old boys. Alhadi, of Halton Brook Avenue, Runcorn, was charged and later pleaded guilty to sexual assault by touching.
He appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday (September 2), where he was sentenced to eight months imprisonment. He was also issued with a restraining order against the first 15-year-old boy and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which he must adhere to for 10 years.
Following sentencing Police Constable Haddon Hunter, of Runcorn LPU Neighbourhood, said: “I would like to commend the bravery of Alhadi's victims in coming forward to police and having the courage to speak out. As a result, Alhadi has been jailed and is now facing the consequences of his horrific actions.
"Not only has Alhadi been issued with a custodial sentence, but upon his release, he will be closely monitored by our officers under the conditions of both a restraining order against one of his victims and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. I hope today's result reassures victims of incidents of this nature that any allegations will be thoroughly investigated by police and that we will always listen and do our very best to get the justice you deserve."