He prowled schoolgirls on the streets beneath Mancunian Way for years, now he's been caged

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A 'laughing' pervert who prowled the streets beneath Mancunian Way for years has been caged. Robert Emmerson attacked students and schoolgirls by grabbing them from behind in a 'bear hug', before he pinned them down to the ground and grope them.

The 40-year-old also exposed himself to young women and girls who had been on their way to classes. Victims told how Emmerson had "smiled" and "laughed" as he carried out the attacks, all but two of which happened in an underpass on the Mancunian Way.

Today (January 30), he was jailed for targeting 11 women and girls in a string of offending between November 2023 and April 2024.

The court heard how Emmerson had violently grabbed or pushed the women, rubbed himself on them, and touched them inappropriately over their clothes.