A man from Harrow has been jailed for two separate sexual assaults on London buses.

Gunasingham Elangkumaran, 51, of Eastcote Lane, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

He was sentenced to 30 weeks in prison and put on the sex offenders register for seven years.

On Monday, June 20, Elangkumaran boarded a bus on Rosebery Avenue and sat next to a 36-year-old woman on the top deck, despite there being a number of empty seats.

He touched the woman before getting off at the next stop.

On Monday, July 18, Elangkumaran carried out a similar offence near Angel tube station, placing his hand on a sleeping woman’s hip. Again he got off at the next stop.

Following these incidents, officers from the Met’s transport policing team launched an investigation using on-board CCTV footage.

Elangkumaran was identified and handed himself in at Harrow Police Station on Saturday, July 23.

Detective Superintendent Adnan Qureshi, of the Met's Roads and Transport Policing Command, said: "This was an excellent result, which has seen a perpetrator of a revolting, sexually-motivated offence receive time in jail and entry onto the sex offenders register.

"I urge anyone who experiences any kind of assault or unwanted sexual behaviour to report it to police immediately as it can help us target the perpetrator and prevent it happening to another passenger. 

"If you commit an offence on London's transport network, we will pursue and arrest you."

Steve Burton, TfL’s director of enforcement, said: “The sentence handed out for the predatory actions of this man demonstrates that we will not tolerate any acts of unwanted sexual behaviour, and will continue to work closely with our policing partners to stamp out this kind of behaviour from our transport network.

“If someone is ever made to feel uncomfortable, or – as in this case – is touched inappropriately, I would urge them to report it to the police.

“The report will be investigated and will always be taken seriously.”