Michal Piczak, the Walthamstow Sex Offender who assaulted a sleeping woman on the Night Tube by caressing her leg has been sentenced to one year in prison after being convicted of sexual assault.
Michal Piczak, 31, will serve a one-year prison sentence and will be listed on the sex offenders registry for ten years after a woman awoke on the Night Tube to find him caressing her.
The assault occurred in the early hours of 29 September 2019, while the victim was en route home on a Victoria line night train and had fallen asleep.
As the Tube approached Walthamstow Central Underground station she awoke to Michal Piczak stroking her legs and kicked out to get him away from her.
Pointing out Michal Piczak to station staff she shouted: “Stop him, he’s been touching me”.
A British Transport Police officer at the station rushed to the scene and Michal Piczak was promptly arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
CCTV footage captures Michal Piczak’s actions as he reached over the Tube’s aisle to touch the sleeping victim before moving next to her and stroking her legs.
Detective Constable Ibrar Ahmed, investigating officer in the case, said: “Michal Piczak is a sordid sex offender who targeted a lone woman as she slept and subjected her to a prolonged sexual assault.
“His jail term sends out a clear message to anyone who exhibits this type of behaviour on the railway – we will catch you and bring you to justice without exception.”
Michal Piczak of Station Road, Walthamstow, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on 28 October where he pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.
A jury found him guilty at trial and he was sentenced by a judge to one-year imprisonment, and to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years.
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