'I was unlucky,' says first sex pest sentenced under new law

A man who asked to kiss a woman on a train has been sentenced in a legal first. LBC's reporter Benji Hyer has the latest. David Stroud made sexual motivated to a woman on a train back in April, asking to kiss her and grabbing her hair. Yet under a new law introduced on April 1st Stroud has been sentenced for his actions. The law bans harassment motivated by a person's sex, with 26 men arrested so far, according to the British Transport Police. Stroud says he was 'unlucky' with the timing of the new legislation, insisting he's been 'wrongly portrayed as a monster'. Stroud has been sentenced to a 12-month Community Order and 150 hours of unpaid work. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #shelaghfogarty #ukcrime #sexualharassment #ukpolitics #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup