A Snapshot from Britain's Courts (V)

Taken from Court News UK over the past month:

RAHMAN: YOUNG MOTHER GROPED ON 264 BUS

CROYDON, SURREY A young mother was groped by a bus passenger as she took her one year-old son to the shops in his buggy, a court heard today (WED). The woman, in her 20s, boarded the number 264 in Croydon, Surrey, at 9.30am on May 21 last year.

WELSH: GUNMAN BLASTED COPS WITH SAWN-OFF

HIGHGATE, TOTTENHAM, STROUD GREEN, N LONDON. A gunman who fired a sawn-off shotgun at police during a high speed car chase just weeks after being released from prison on licence was given an indefinite jail term today (Mon). Colt Welsh, 27, leaned out of the window to pepper a patrol car with shotgun pellets as he sped through the streets of north London.

MUNYE: BOY TELLS OF ORDEAL IN TRAIN STATION URINALS

EUSTON, NORTH LONDON; LIVERPOOL STREET, EAST LONDON A 16-year-old boy told a court today (wed) he was too scared to use a public lavatory again after a pervert tried to buy sexual favours from him. The youngster claimed he felt 'sick and violated' after 43-year-old Abu Munye exposed himself by the urinals at Liverpool Street Station and waved £20 notes at him.

ASIF: TAILOR'S ASSISTANT GROPED WOMAN DURING DRESS FITTING

MANOR PARK, EAST LONDON: A tailor's assistant repeatedly groped a customer's breasts as she tried on her newly altered dress, a court heard (mon). Muhammand Asif, 27, left the victim in tears after fondling her chest, bum and thighs and lifting up her skirt during the fitting, it is said.

ARABSIBIA: ASSAULT ACCUSED RAPED PROSECUTION WITNESS

PLAISTOW, EAST LONDON; A man accused of assault raped and cut the main prosecution witness in a bid to prevent her giving evidence against him, the Old Bailey heard. Tony Arabsibia, 21, sliced open the woman's neck with a kitchen knife after forcing himself on her and sexually assaulting her.

MBELEDOGU: EX-GANG MEMBER JAILED FOR SLASHING RIVAL'S FACE

TOTTENHAM, NORTH LONDON; CANTERBURY, KENT A former gang member who fled London to start a new life was jailed today (Fri) for slashing a man's face. Jason Mbeledogu, 23, sliced open Zola Mandiongu's cheek after a petty row during a visit to see a mutual friend.