An Eritrean asylum seeker 'cornered' a terrified 15-year-old girl on a train and told her she was 'really beautiful' before sexually assaulting her.
Meron Habtu, 29, blocked the teenager's way as she left a toilet and told her she was “really beautiful and pretty”.
The victim told the man she was 15 and not interested before walking back to where she and her friend were sitting on the train travelling from Poole to Weymouth, Dorset.
Habtu, who 'smelt of alcohol' and was slurring his words, is said to have followed her before blocking her path and allegedly touching her breasts three or four times.
He also stroked the girl's face and tried to force his phone into her hands before she escaped from him in tears on September 11, 2022.