Perivale Teenager Jailed for Tube Sex Assaults
Hadi Al Koumi attacked four women at different stations
Hadi Al Koumi. Picture: BTP
September 16, 2025
An 18-year-old man from Perivale has been jailed for four years and 8 months for a series of sexual assaults which took place on London Underground last year.
The attacks by Hadi Al Koumi of Bideford Avenue took place over three days in August 2024. He was sentenced on Friday (12 September) at Isleworth Crown Court to 4 years and 8 months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault and was found guilty of a further sexual assault carried out over a three-day period. In addition, he was issued with a 6-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a life-long inclusion on the Sex Offenders Register.
The court heard how, on 6 August 2024, at around 5.15pm, the first victim, a woman in her thirties, was at St John’s Wood underground station when her train arrived. As she went to board, Al Koumi crouched down behind her and sexually assaulted her, before running away.
Two days later, on 8 August, the second victim, also in her thirties, was at Green Park underground station at around 2.40pm when her train arrived. Al Koumi then walked up behind her and sexually assaulted her. As the victim turned to look at him, he walked away, before looking back to her and winking at her.
Less than two hours later at 4.20pm, the third victim, a woman in her forties, was at East Acton underground station was distracted by her phone. Again, Al Koumi approached the victim from behind and sexually assaulted her.
Then, later that day at around 11.15pm, a fourth victim, a woman in her thirties, was on board a train between Greenford and Perivale station when she was approached by Al Koumi, who attempted to engage her in conversation. The victim politely asked him to leave her alone, to which he persisted. After telling him again, he stood up, as did she, and he sexually assaulted her. The victim managed to throw a glass at him as the doors opened and she left the train, before calling 999.
The incidents were investigation by British Transport Police and officers soon found CCTV footage of Al Koumi at the location of four offences and the incidents were linked together and his images were circulated. On 27 August 2024, officers from the British Transport Police (BTP) North Tasking Unit (East) were on patrol at Perivale station when Al Koumi was spotted and arrested.
Detective Sergeant Matthew Nolan said, “Al Koumi took deliberate advantage of the rail network in order to assault multiple women for his own sexual gratification.
“He's clearly a dangerous predator who has exhibited a disturbing and abhorrent pattern of offending towards women, so I’m grateful to see the sentencing handed down today, and I hope it can bring some sense of closure and comfort to the women he targeted.
"There is zero-tolerance for sexual offences on the rail network, and we have uniformed patrols and specially-trained plain clothes officers on patrol at stations and on trains around the clock to keep the travelling public safe. We will continue to do everything in our power to bring offenders like Al Koumi to justice.”
British Transport Police has issued a reminder that you can silently contact them if you are a witness to or a potential victim of a crime by texting 61016.
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