Serial sex attacker who preyed on lone women with phone camera ruse escapes jail term
dailyrecord.co.ukA serial sex attacker who targeted lone women - including a 15-year-old girl - has escaped a jail sentence. Mirza Mohammad Saeed preyed on victims who were walking their dogs or heading to work near Edinburgh’s Union Canal.
The 64-year-old pervert asked the women to snap a picture of him on his phone before making a grab for them and leaning in to kiss them.
The dad-of-six appeared for sentencing at the city's sheriff court on Friday nearly eight months after pleading guilty to a string of offences.
Sheriff Adrian Fraser said the threshold for a prison term had been met, but he had selected an alternative to custody.Saeed was put on an electronic tag with a home curfew between 7pm and 7am for 189 days.He was also put under a community payback order with supervision for two years and ordered to carry out 252 hours of unpaid work.Saeed was put on the sex offenders register for five years.Sheriff Fraser said: “These are serious offences.
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