Teenage girl’s quick thinking put sex attacker behind bars

A teenager’s speedy reasoning enactment a predator down bars aft helium sexually assaulted her connected a seaside bench.

The 14-year-old miss was connected a seat connected Sandylands Promenade successful Morecambe, Lancashire 1 September day erstwhile Dean Marroni, 34, sat adjacent to her.

After starting conversation, helium sexually assaulted her.

When she ran away, she paused for a infinitesimal to whip retired her phone. On it, she took a photograph of Marroni and handed it to the police.

Thanks to her divided 2nd decision, officers arrested Marroni astatine his location soon after, Lancashire Police said.

Marroni, of Marine Road East, Morecambe, was contiguous sentenced to 5 months successful situation for the intersexual battle connected September 3. He pleaded blameworthy to the charge.

He has besides been handed a 10-year intersexual harm prevention bid and has been enactment connected the enactment offenders register, connected apical of his situation sentence.

Speaking aft sentencing, Detective Constable Zoe Hall said: ‘This was a disturbing intersexual battle connected a teenage miss and we are pleased that Marroni has been sentenced and made taxable of notification requirements.

‘We instrumentality each reports of intersexual battle precise earnestly and volition analyse them thoroughly.’

Marroni was antecedently convicted successful 2021 of 4 intersexual assaults – against a pistillate and 3 girls – astatine Lancaster bid station.

On March 15, 2020, helium had pretended to beryllium carrying retired a survey erstwhile helium approached a woman, grabbed her limb by the ankle and massaged her ft with some hands.

He past told her helium was a massage student, earlier removing her footwear and sock and tickling her feet, a British Transport Police spokesperson said.

Marroni past turned his ‘unwanted attraction 3 girls’ waiting for a bid home. He grabbed their feet, ‘passionately kissed the apical of their trainers’, past tried again aft initially walking away.

He avoided jailhouse for those assaults, alternatively being handed a two-year assemblage order, 5 years connected the enactment offenders register, and a request to wage a unfortunate surcharge of £90.

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