Adib Azizi

A pervert who sexually assaulted four schoolgirls at a swimming pool has been sentenced to just four months — leaving parents furious and their daughters frightened to go out.

Adib Azizi, 31, of Halifax, Yorkshire, targeted the friends in the whirlpool area of The Time Capsule in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, on April 12.

Three victims were 15. The fourth was just 14.

Azizi pulled down one girl’s swimwear and grabbed another’s buttocks. He tried to remove a third girl’s swimming costume and touched her, before seizing the fourth and pulling her towards him.

He denied wrongdoing but was convicted of all four sexual assaults following a trial at Airdrie Sheriff Court.

Sheriff Tony McGlennan said Azizi had exploited the pool environment to attack children, whose distress in the witness box showed the lasting impact.

“Children and women must be entitled to use recreational facilities without fear of predatory attacks,” the sheriff said.

For the families, the four-month sentence failed to reflect the harm.

One parent said the girls now avoided public transport and rarely went anywhere except each other’s homes, relying on parents to drive them.

Another described a daughter so frightened after the assault that she repeatedly demanded doors and windows be locked at home.

A parent also rejected Azizi’s suggestion of accidental contact, pointing to four separate assaults in quick succession.

Azizi was jailed for four months and placed on the sex offenders’ register for seven years. He will serve approximately 30 days in prison

Source: UK Database on Facebook