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Hove “bottom slapper” to be sentenced

by Press Association

A serial bottom slapper cyclist will be sentenced today in Hove near Brighton.

Dish washer Constantin Barbutu, of Cromwell Road, Hove, admitted 11 counts of sexual assault.

Sussex Police received 24 reports from women saying they had been grabbed from behind by a man riding a bike between September 2016 and February 2017 in Brighton, East Sussex.

Mr Barbutu will appear at Hove Crown Court, Landsdowne Road, Hove, East Sussex.