Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Thursday 30th January 2025, at 19:05hrs
He was also handed a sexual harm prevention order for life
A man who targeted lone females in Manchester sexually assaulting them has been jailed.
In a statement released today after sentencing, Greater Manchester Police said:
“Robert Emmerson (22/07/1984) of Thirlmere Avenue was found guilty of five counts of sexual assault and seven counts of indecent exposure after he attacked young women walking near the Mancunian Way following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.
He was jailed today (Thursday 30 January 2025) at Manchester Crown Court to four years and six months with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order with restrictions for life, following an investigation into a series of sexual assaults and indecent exposure offences against young women in Manchester City Centre from November 2023 to April 2024.
A number of sexual assaults were reported to police, starting in November 2023 to April 2024. Victims reported that Emmerson would follow the women as they walked alone. He exposed himself and committed sexual assaults in the underpass beneath the Mancunian Way. He attacked the women by grabbing them from behind in a ‘bear hug’, traumatising them, before he pinned them down to the ground and groped them.
After numerous reports to police of incidents of the same nature, detectives identified a pattern of offending and investigated them as a linked series.
Through an in-depth investigation, hundreds of hours of CCTV were carefully combed through by detectives, and this uncovered an unknown man.
This man was seen arriving at the scene after catching the bus from Wythenshawe and seen walking round the city centre after he attacked the women, before catching the bus back to Wythenshawe.
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