THIS is the sex beast who "hemmed in" a young woman on a bus and ­subjected her to a persistent sexual assault.

Murad Khandokar, 47, was jailed for three years last week for the vile 20-minute attack on the woman, who was so terrified, she was unable to move.

1 Murad Khandokar, 47, subjected a young woman to a persistent sexual assault during a bus journey

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard Khandokar, of Gleann Ribh, Lusk, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a Dublin Bus in the city on April 30, 2016.

His three previous convictions are for sexual assault, harassment and breach of barring order.

Judge Martin Nolan said that this had been a persistent assault on the woman who had felt constrained and terrified.

He also noted Khandokar's drug and alcohol use at the time as well as his guilty plea.

Judge Nolan imposed a four-and-a-half-year sentence and suspended the final 18 months on conditions, including he undergo probation supervision on release.

Garda Louise Carroll told the court the woman had been on her way home and went to the top of the busy bus.

She said a man sat down beside her and his elbow and leg began leaning against her.

'SICK IN MY HEAD'

The young woman thought at first it was due to the movement of the bus but it became obvious that it was deliberate.

As the journey progressed Khandokar's leg began pressing against her in a grinding circular motion.

The woman described how she could not believe this was happening to her and froze.

Khandokar, originally from the UK, then tried to prise the woman's thighs apart and attempt to digitally penetrate her.

The bus reached the woman's stop where she got up and got off. The woman made a complaint to gardai on the same day in 2016. CCTV was reviewed and Khandokar identified.

He was arrested in June 2017 and told gardai he wasn't sure what happened that day.

He said during the interview: "I feel sick in my head."

In her victim impact statement, the woman described her frustration at how long it had taken the prosecution to come to completion and how it had affected her life.

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She outlined how she had been "hemmed in" and felt totally trapped by Khandokar during the bus journey ordeal.

She told Judge Nolan: "I want there to be consequences for what he did to me and I don't want it to happen to anyone else."

The sicko was jailed in 2018 for a separate sexual assault and is required to notify the Gardai of his whereabouts until 2023 under the Sex Offenders Act.