A 41-year-old man from Peterborough has been sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment at Cambridge Crown Court after stalking a 16-year-old girl through London King’s Cross station and subjecting her to a prolonged sexual assault aboard a passenger train.
Bradley Warby, of Caldecote Close, Peterborough, appeared for sentence following an investigation led by the British Transport Police (BTP).
The prosecution outlined that the incident occurred on Friday 25 April. Warby was inside London King’s Cross railway station when he noticed the 16-year-old victim waiting in a queue at a coffee outlet alongside her mother.
Warby approached the pair and initiated an unsolicited conversation with the child before the mother and daughter walked away. Refusing to leave them alone, Warby shadowed them across the station concourse. The victim’s mother intervened, confronting Warby directly and warning him that her daughter was only 16 years old.
While Warby ceased following them across the concourse, he subsequently boarded the same Peterborough-bound service. Once on board the moving train, Warby identified that the child was seated unaccompanied nearby.
The court heard that Warby initially beckoned for the victim to sit beside him. When she actively moved away to evade him, Warby pursued her down the carriage and took a seat directly next to her. He began making repeated, uninvited sexual comments before subjecting her to a sustained and repeated physical sexual assault as the train travelled north.
Warby eventually disembarked from the train upon arrival at Peterborough station. A concerned member of the public aboard the service who observed the distressing interaction intervened by discreetly contacting British Transport Police via the force’s 61016 text reporting service.
Specialist BTP detectives launched an investigation, reviewing station concourse recordings and on-board carriage CCTV to track the offender’s movements. Officers positively identified Warby from the footage and arrested him on 5 August.
During interviews under caution, Warby sought to evade responsibility, falsely asserting to detectives that the young victim had fabricated the entire encounter. Faced with clear digital video evidence, he subsequently entered guilty pleas to three counts of sexual assault.
Passing sentence at Cambridge Crown Court, the judge condemned Warby’s predatory pursuit of the child on public transport, sentencing him to an immediate custodial term of one year and two months (14 months) behind bars.
The court further ordered that Warby remain subject to notification requirements on the Sex Offenders Register for a period of ten years under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, granted an enforceable restraining order barring him from making any form of contact with the victim, and barred him from regulated work involving children.
Under the provisions of Section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992, all child victims and complainants connected to criminal proceedings are protected by automatic, lifelong statutory anonymity. Publishing, broadcasting, or disseminating any details, names, addresses, educational facilities, or photographs capable of leading to public identification is strictly prohibited under UK law.
Warby stood convicted of:
Three counts of sexual assault
Sentencing outcome and statutory measures:
One year and two months’ immediate custody
Ten-year requirement to register on the Sex Offenders Register under the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Enforceable restraining order protecting the victim
Permanent barring from working with children or vulnerable adults (Children’s and Adults’ Barred Lists)
Strict post-custodial statutory licence supervision conditions enforceable upon release from custody
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