A pimp banned from speaking to lone women on trains has been jailed after kissing a stranger he spent more than 30 minutes chatting to.
Kim Basu was expressly banned by court orders from sitting next to lone women he did not know on public transport.
He was also not allowed to sit opposite them, talk to them or touch them.
If he entered a station, Basu had to buy a ticket immediately and board the next available train.
He was also banned from drinking alcohol in public.
On June 30, the 45-year-old went to Norwich Railway Station and boarded a train for London Liverpool Street.
He had no ticket and was seen swigging vodka from a bottle.
He also asked two lone women for directions.
The court heard Basu had been told he could have asked a man instead, but he reportedly found this “frustrating and difficult”.
On the train, Basu put his bags on a seat, approached a lone woman and asked her to watch them.
He also commented on her “gym attire”.
Basu, formerly of Springfield Road, Chelmsford, chatted to the woman for more than half an hour.
When he got off at Ipswich, he kissed the woman on the cheek.
Ipswich Crown Court heard Basu had recently been released from prison after being recalled for sexual assault.
He was also convicted in March 2023 of “assisting in managing a brothel”.
A report written by the probation service said that Basu was “not manageable” in the community.
The judge sentencing him, Recorder Paul Sharkey, observed that it must have been unpleasant for the woman to have been kissed by a total stranger.
Basu admitted five breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and three breaches of a Criminal Behaviour Order.
He was jailed for 16 months.
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