- Emil Emilov, 25, lunged at the 19-year-old as she walked home in Leicester
- He was jailed for seven years and three months at Leicester Crown Court.
Watch the chilling moment CCTV showed a sex attacker throwing away the gag he used to molest a teenage barmaid.
Emil Emilov, 25, lunged at the 19-year-old victim as she walked home from work at a bar in Leicester city center at 5am on May 28 last year.
The video footage showed the Bulgarian national running away from the scene before stopping briefly to put a cloth he had used to gag her into a nearby wheelie bin.
A court heard how the predator approached the woman in New Walk before dragging her into a bush, where he gagged and sexually assaulted her.
He was jailed for seven years and three months at Leicester Crown Court yesterday.
Emil Emilov, 25, lunged at the 19-year-old victim as she walked home from work at a bar in Leicester city center at 5am on May 28 last year.
The video footage showed the Bulgarian national running away from the scene before stopping briefly to put a cloth he had used to gag her into a nearby bin.
A court heard how the predator approached the woman in New Walk before dragging her into a bush, where he gagged and sexually assaulted her.
Cameras tracked the convicted sex offender’s movements across the city as he fled the scene when a group of people disturbed him as they passed by.
CCTV footage also showed him throwing the cloth he used to gag the victim with into a wheelie bin outside a house.
Emilov was then filmed returning home to Rosebery Street in the North Evington area.
Police discovered Emilov had left the UK and he was arrested as he returned to Luton Airport on November 6 last year.
A DNA sample taken from him matched those found on the victim’s fabric and tights.
He pleaded guilty to one count of assault by penetration in December and was jailed for seven years and three months at Leicester Crown Court yesterday.
He was also placed on the sex offenders register for life.
Detective Inspector Simon Preston, of Leicestershire Police’s rape investigation unit, Signal, said: “Emilov’s actions were undoubtedly predatory.
Police discovered Emilov had left the UK and he was arrested as he returned to Luton Airport on November 6 last year.
A DNA sample taken from him matched those found on the victim’s fabric and tights. He was jailed for seven years and three months at Leicester Crown Court yesterday.
He said: “I hope the public can be reassured that he is currently serving a prison sentence because I believe if he had not been arrested he could have reoffended.
“This was a complex and in-depth investigation which involved piecing together his movements after the incident.
“Credit goes to the team for their efforts to build a case that meant he had no choice but to admit what he had done.”
Detective Constable Lewis McMenamin, the investigating officer, added: “I hope the victim in this case, who showed great courage in providing information which helped secure his conviction, can find some relief of this result and that this will allow her to continue her life.
“I hope the immense strength she has shown during this investigation can inspire other victims of sexual abuse to come forward.”
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