Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city A man who committed an indecent act as he sat next to a young boy on a train has been convicted.
Kevin Whittam, 59, denied a charge of outraging public decency, but was found guilty by magistrates after a trial. He was subsequently sentenced, British Transport Police said.
The force said Whittam, of Hallstead Grove, Little Hulton, Salford, boarded a train at Lancaster railway station on October 10, 2019.
He sat down next to a young boy who was sitting separately from his family. BTP said the court heard a woman travelling with her adult daughter saw Whittam touching himself inappropriately while looking at the boy.
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