Asylum seeker who exposed himself three times is jailed

Mohammed Saeed, who spent 18 years in the Pakistani army, first fled to Britain because he claimed he was at risk from the Taliban.

Saeed, of Benton Road, Birmingham, was drunk when he exposed himself on three separate occasions since 2014. Of those, two were committed while he was on police bail.

On the first occasion, on October 26, 2014, he exposed himself to a 22-year-old mother who was walking through Birmingham City Centre with her young daughter at about 2.30pm.

The woman tried to enter a newsagent but found her path blocked by Saeed before he committed his crime. The woman ran into the shop and informed the police later.

Just under a year later, on October 11, 2015, he took a bus to Dudley town centre and was spotted by two girls, just 14 and 15 years old, and exposed himself on Priory Road.

Wolverhampton Crown Court was told the sisters were 'disgusted' – but that Saeed appeared unmoved by them.

Police were called and again arrested Saeed, who was already on bail. The police officer who tried to question Saeed on that day found him so drunk he fell asleep.

Five months later, at around 6.30pm on February 17, 2016, a young couple and a woman in Smethwick town centre saw 49-year-old Saeed again expose himself. On bail for the second offence, he was again arrested.

Saeed has admitted just the third offence – having pleaded guilty to that at a hearing in February this year.

His barrister, Esther Thornber, said he was ashamed having drunk alcohol, which he had said is forbidden by his religion, and had pledged to never drink any again.

But Judge Kristina Montgomery QC jailed him for a total of 15 months.

For the offence in October 2014 he will serve four months and for the offence in October 2015 he will serve another six months. She handed him a further five months in prison for the February 2016 offence.

Under current guidelines asylum seekers are automatically deported if they receive a prison sentence over 12 months.

If he is released from prison and remains in the UK, Saeed will be subject to a five-year sexual harm prevention order.