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Police looking for man who was 'touching himself inappropriately' on crowded train

He was reportedly filming a woman at the time.

BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE (BTP) detectives are asking for the public’s help as they investigate an incident of indecency on a busy Tube train in London.

Officers have released an image of a man they want to speak to following an incident on a Central line train travelling between Oxford Circus and Bank at 9pm on Friday, 19 June.

Detective Constable Suleman Yazdani said: “A 34-year-old woman became aware of a man standing close to her, pointing a mobile phone in her direction.

“He was tapping on the phone, giving the impression he was texting, but was not looking at the screen.

“She noticed from the reflection in the window behind the man that he had enabled his phone’s camera and that he appeared to be touching himself inappropriately.”

The train emptied out and the woman moved away from the man, who subsequently left the service at Bank.

Yazdani said behaviour like this on the Underground is “rare”.

“It is vital that people report all incidents of unwanted sexual behaviour to us. We need the public to help us with this case.

“I think the man in the picture has important information about the incident. I would urge him, or anyone who knows who he is, to get in contact with BTP,” Yazdani stated.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 6:49 AM

    Families with children were hit harder than any other group and still are!
    Anyone on low to low middle incomes with kids were plunged into poverty by FF/Green and FG/Lab governments – this is shown by statistics and data, the same statistics show that the wealthy in Ireland got progressively more wealthy as we got poorer – the obvious agenda is to redistribute wealth to the top!
    People need to get out on the streets – child poverty is at record levels and this awful government has done NOTHING to improve the situation – they’ve made it far worse!

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:31 AM

    @David Grey: what do you class as the top, you know where you state there is an obvious agenda to redistribute wealth to? What income do you think families stop having financial pressures and suffering?

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:32 AM

    @David Grey: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html I thought this graph is an excellent display of how things have changed. It’s US focused but it’s going to be similar here.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:39 AM

    @Bilbo Baggins: @Bilbo Baggins: do you are totally ignoring the article, which is about the middle class, and instead want to focus on the 0.001%. I ask you the same question, at which level of income do you think financial pressures and worries end?

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    Nov 9th 2017, 9:13 AM

    @Paul Fahey: about the top 1-3% I’d say Paul. I share your view though that this angle will be used to punish the top 60% instead. (Not ignoring it at all).

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    Nov 9th 2017, 9:51 AM

    @David Mc Nally: really? If you believe families with a salary income of 100k have ordinarily more than one source of income you are wrong and have believed too many of the rhetorical platitudes and falsehoods spewed out with ease and no evidence.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 12:22 PM

    @David Grey: Very well said.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:07 AM

    Us families won’t be found on those paradise papers! If mega rich people and companies paid their taxes it might just help!

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    Nov 9th 2017, 8:18 AM

    @Phil Keenan: Labour shamefully and FG only cut from the poorest in their 5 regressive budgets as ERSI already proved. Remember Leo telling families in 2012 to “take a holidayas they were not cut, but Leo and Labour took 9-12 euro a week of rent allowance,electricity units to the elderly and fuel allowance cuts in 2012 whilst only taking 2 euro a week off the wealthiest for the household charge in 2012. Joan & FG slyly cut the pensions of many men and women who took time off to rear their children in 2012 too.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 6:48 AM

    Oh yes….we did not complete three or four mortgage repayments fully, paid over half each month for a few months, built up arrears….both working bit incomes reduced…..jaysus PTSB hounded us…..all paid up now…..but so pushy….and not for the people….to see the credit union do mortgages would be great for us all.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:15 AM

    @Richie Curry:
    Ulster Bank in my case, knowingly trying to rip customers off. Bet the executives didn’t loose sleep, weight, feel inadequate/suicidal or grind their teeth away !

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    Nov 9th 2017, 8:20 AM

    Middle class had it the easiest from 2011-16 as ERSI has proved.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 8:10 AM

    Latest housing bubble is well under way as anyone trying to buy or even rent the most basic of dives.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 8:11 AM

    The latest housing bubble well under way. Anyone trying to buy or rent even the basic of dives off a a greedy & uncaring of basic habitation standards, only knows too well of housing crisis & don’t need last Thursdays Prime Time to tell them. What’s Leo and FG doing to help tenants by tax evading landlords & vulture funds?

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:26 AM

    Wealth re-distribution is the State plan.
    Also know as having an inclusive society where all the people (especially the the top brass) can have an equal income and quality of life.
    What they don’t say is that they need to fleece-tax everyone in the country to achieve it.
    They just scutter on with communist babble like comrad Higgins.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 9:02 AM

    @Cram Wood: What are you trying to say?

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:29 AM

    Excellent stock photo of ‘middle class worry’

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:40 AM

    I find the poor middle income landlords affected the most….. When the greed for rent increases kicks in, you have to be prepared for the extra tax that follows. Boo hoo!!!

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:59 AM

    Keep voting FG/FF/Labour and expect different results? The definition of stupidity.

    They DON’T care about you. Wake up.

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    Nov 9th 2017, 7:42 AM

    Hopefully there’re ready for the next one

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    Nov 9th 2017, 10:08 AM

    What is “middle class” anyway? How does one define it, especially against such other classes as professional and managerial???

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    Nov 9th 2017, 10:55 AM

    Aw

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