- David Stroud, 44, has been convicted of sex-based harassment after grabbing a young woman's hair and asking "can I kiss you" while on a train to London.
- This marks the first conviction of its kind since a new law banning harassment motivated by a person's sex came into force on 1 April.
- Stroud pleaded guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to making sexually motivated comments and actions towards the woman on 3 April.
- The court heard Stroud, who smelled of alcohol, repeatedly leaned on the woman, told her "you're magical," and grabbed her hair, making her feel "cornered" and "very uncomfortable."
- Stroud, who was arrested at London Bridge station after the woman's boyfriend overheard the incident on the phone, will be sentenced on 9 June.
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London train passenger who grabbed woman’s hair convicted of first charge of sex-based harassment
