Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSalman Yousaf on the London Underground platform ( British Transport Police)Salman Yousaf, 46, has been jailed for a series of sexual assaults targeting women asleep on London's Night Tube services. He admitted to eight counts of sexual assault and one of outraging public decency, committed between 2017 and 2021 on the Central and Jubilee lines. Yousaf received a custodial sentence, an additional four years on licence, and was placed on the sexual offenders register for life. His identification came after a tip-off from the Metropolitan Police in 2024, leading British Transport Police to link him to previously unsolved cold cases. Yousaf was already serving a prison sentence for a separate sexual assault where he targeted another woman who had fallen asleep on the Tube. In fullLondon Night Tube predator who sexually assaulted sleeping women jailedThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Salman Yousaf, 46, was already in prison when police linked him to a series of unsolved assaults

Salman Yousaf, 46, was already in prison in 2024 when the Metropolitan Police tipped off British Transport Police (BTP) about his identity and method of offending.