Man charged with series of sexual offences in neighbouring areas of Hucknall

A 27-year-old man has been charged in connection with a series of sexual touching and indecent exposure incidents that occurred mainly in areas that neighbour Hucknall.

A man was said to have inappropriately touched two women in Shipstone Road, New Basford and Southglade Road, Bulwell Forest. A man was also reported to have approached and grabbed a woman and her child in Southglade Road.

There were also reports of a man exposing himself to women in Andover Road, Bestwood and Coppice Road in Arnold with one of the women being grabbed.

Mohammed Hussain Qalandari, of Exeter Road in Forest Fields, was arrested yesterday afternoon (9 June) following the incidents which all happened between 10.20am on Tuesday 8th June and 3.30pm on Wednesday 9th.

He was charged in the early hours of this morning with three counts of assault, two sexual assaults and two counts of indecent exposure and was remanded to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court later today.

Detective Sergeant Paul Clark, of Nottinghamshire's public protect team, said: "We take these incidents extremely seriously and our local neighbourhood teams immediately increased patrols in the areas and officers spoke with residents during door-to-door enquiries."

Police are now urging anyone who has experienced or witnessed similar incidents to report it.

Detective Sergeant Clark added: "We'd like to thank those that contacted us about these incidents and we ask anyone who suffers an experience like this to contact us so we can bring offenders to account."

If anyone has any concerns that they have been targeted in this way or has seen any suspicious behaviour, please call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 quoting incident 510 of 9 June.

Alternatively, please call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.