A convicted rapist blocked a girl in on a train before performing a sex act in front of her - he then followed her and did the same thing again.
Stephen Lequesne, who is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for rape, sat next to a 16-year-old girl on the Merseyrail service and started rubbing his genitals.
The girl was blocked in by Lequesne's legs resting on the opposite seat, the Liverpool Echo reports, and was so scared she missed her stop.
She stayed on the Liverpool to Ormskirk train until the last destination but when she tried to get a train back in the opposite direction, Lequesne, 23, followed her.
He sat next to her on the train and did the exact same thing again.
The terrified victim was then able to alert her family who picked her up from the station.
A court was told how this incident happened just a month before Lequesne performed sex acts on buses on two separate occasions in October 2020.
Then last month (October), he was jailed for ten and a half years for a brutal attack in Southport which saw him pull a woman into bushes late at night.
He was only thwarted after a brave passerby heard his victim screaming, tackled him and put him in a chokehold.
Lequesne will only be eligible for release after a minimum of seven years after admitting rape.
In relation to the incident on the train, a court was told how he spotted the 16-year-old girl travelling alone on the quiet service from the city centre, sat next to her and put his feet across the seats opposite.
The girl, who described feeling trapped by how he was sitting, was then subjected to him masturbating over his clothing.
Prosecuting, Martine Snowdon said: "He made eye contact with her and was touching his genital area.
"He then moved to sit beside her. She felt trapped and could see his erect penis through his clothing.
"She was so scared she stayed on until the train stopped in Ormskirk."
Miss Snowdon said that after managing to get on a train heading back in the right direction she discovered Lequesne had followed her and he sat next to her, rubbing his genitals again.
The girl was able to contact her family and Lequesne was later identified in CCTV.
Lequesne was found guilty of outraging public decency in his absence last month after refusing to leave his cell for the trial, which occurred just before his sentencing in the Southport rape case.
Speaking briefly before the court, the teenager said the incident had made her nervous and anxious about using public transport and that she now carried alarms with her in case she was subjected to a similar attack in the future.
She said the fact that Lequesne had followed her had a particularly strong effect on her and left her wondering what would have happened if no one had been able to meet her at the station when she got off the train.
Lequesne had no legal representation today and spoke only briefly during today's hearing.
Sentencing, Judge David Potter said the fact that Lequesne had followed the girl back on to another train at Ormskirk had amplified the effect of the incident on her.
Judge Potter said: "You, clearly wanting to continue to engage in your behaviour, looked for her, found her and then masturbated over your clothing again.
"It is clear that this event caused her considerable alarm and distress."
Judge Potter sentenced Lequesne to 12 months in prison for one count of outraging public decency.
This will start immediately and will therefore have no effect on the date he first becomes eligible for release under the sentence he is serving for rape.
