A Swindon sex offender has uploaded dozens of photographs featuring girls and women to social media following his conviction for sexually assaulting women on a train.
The images are believed to have been captured by Dr Prabhat Sakya, 50, who was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for touching women he ‘trapped’ by sitting next to them.
Before and after his conviction, he has kept his personal Instagram account up to date with buildings, art and females – many, very obviously, aged under 18.
Whilst it is legal to photograph or video record anybody in a public place, including children, his photographs have caused some concern in the community.
The images posted rarely include males unless they are accompanied by a female. Others feature young girls wearing school uniforms, or teenage girls walking alone in the street.
One set of photographs posted on 11 October last year featured two schoolgirls wearing uniforms walking down the street. One photograph was captioned “Schoolgirls”, whilst another said “Fair maiden”.
Weeks prior to his court hearing, he also added an image of a woman’s lower body, which appears to have been taken while the photographer was sitting next to the female. The caption said: “Morning flirt”.
Despite his conviction at Swindon Magistrates’ Court in October last year, photos of young females are still being posted on the Instagram account.
On New Year’s Day 2022, he uploaded a photograph of an adult woman wearing black knee-high boots and added the description “Kinky boots”.
Several days later, he added an image of two young girls – estimated to be in their early teens – sitting on a bench at Swindon Railway Station.
A woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, alerted Wiltshire 999s to the social media account some months ago – and, despite it appearing to be legal, it was reported to the police.
“It’s really quite concerning that a man can be convicted of sexual offences and then walk around the streets photographing young girls”, she said.
Adding: “Something must be done to stop him, it’s creepy. It’ should be allowed when he is a registered sex offender.
“The police should be looking into it but I know they won’t as they say he’s doing nothing wrong.”
At Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (28 October 2021), he was sentenced to 52 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 24 months and told to register a sex offender for ten years.
Sakya, of Bude Road, targeted women on a train between London and Swindon, and had “a bulge in his crotch area”, which he was touching with his hand during one of the attacks.
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