A landlord with a bizarre foot fetish who targeted his tenants by trying to suck their toes and acting indecently in front of them has been given a 18-month prison sentence after being found guilty of a number of sexual assaults.

Florin Vlasceanu, 46, was given the sentence at Kingston Crown Court on November 12 for three counts of sexual assault and two counts of exposure.

A sexual offence prevention order was also imposed, preventing him from renting property to women, and he was places on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

The landlord and his long-term partner rented a spare room at their flat, in Colson Way, Tooting, which they advertised on website Gumtree.

Vlasceanu tried to satisfy his bizarre foot fascination with four different tenants in three years.

In May 2007, one victim awoke to find Vlasceanu at the bottom of her bed, touching her feet, and shouted for him to get out, but he later returned naked and tried to get into her bed.

He targeted his next tenant the following month, when he started massaging her foot as they had a conversation about his favourite body part - before suddenly shoving it into his mouth.

In November 2007, the third victim was eating with the couple he suddenly exposed himself to her. She left the room but he followed her naked, apologising and trying to hug her.

Vlasceanu later asked her to leave because she was not “open minded” enough.

Police arrested the couple at their home on October 26 last year, but charges against Vlasceanu's partner were dropped.