Hadush Kebatu was arrested after officers received reports of a man behaving inappropriately towards a teenage girl in High Road, Epping at 5.20pm on July 8. Separate offences which took place on July 7 were then reported for the first time and an investigation was launched. The court heard that on July 7 Kebatu tried to kiss a teenage girl on a bench whilst also asking her to kiss him, as well as making numerous sexually explicit comments. On July 8, Kebatu encountered the same girl and again tried to kiss her before sexually assaulting her. When she saw Kebatu interacting inappropriately with the teenage girl, she called 999 and he was quickly arrested.