Bin man charged for putting hand in woman's mouth in Brighton assault

A refuse worker has been charged with assaulting a teenage woman in Brighton, police said.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Nov 2018, 09:24 BST
Updated 3rd Nov 2018, 10:36 BST
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Sussex Police said Marcus Antoniou has pleaded guilty to threats to kill and common assault on the woman, which happened on September 4.

According to police, at 11.50pm a 19-year-old woman was walking on Hodshrove Lane, near to Moulsecoomb Primary School, when she saw a man on a motorbike parked at the bottom of Hodshrove Lane junction with Lewes Road.

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He grabbed her and pushed her against the railings. He put his hand in her mouth and she managed to bite his finger to get away, police said.

The 43-year-old, a refuse worker, from Stephens Road, Brighton, was arrested and charged. He pleaded guilty at Hove Crown Court yesterday (November 2). His sentence date is yet to be set.

A police spokesman said that detectives were continuing to investigate an incident earlier the same night.

An 18-year-old woman was grabbed near to Saunders Park in Brighton at 11.05pm on September 4. The man grabbed her, snatched her mobile from her hand and threw it into a nearby bush and threatened her, police said.A passer-by heard her scream and intervened and the man walked off.

Anyone with information or who saw what happened is asked to contact police online quoting Operation Westdown.