Afghan migrant, 25, faces jail after sexually assaulting woman who fell asleep while eating pizza he bought her
The victim told a court she woke up on a bench near LondonBridge station to find Abid Sherzad touching her intimately.
By GEMMA PARRY
Published: 01:50 GMT, 3 January 2026 | Updated: 01:52 GMT, 3 January 2026
A migrant who sexually assaulted a woman who fell asleep while eating a pizza he bought her after a night out is facing jail.
The victim told a court she woke up on a bench near London Bridge station to find Abid Sherzad touching her intimately.
Sherzad, 25, bought the victim, aged in her 20s, the takeaway meal.
The victim told the court she 'didn't give him any impression that I was consenting whatsoever.'
A passer–by filmed Sherzad, who arrived in the UK just nine months before the attack in June, trying to hide his face with a pizza box.
Abid Sherzad (pictured), aged 25, bought the victim, aged in her 20s, the takeaway meal
Sherzad, who was staying in the UK after claiming his life was in danger in his home of Afghanistan due to his father's work with the government, was arrested in October, The Sun reports.
He had been staying at a hotel in Oxford, funded by the taxpayer.
He was found guilty of sexual assault at Croydon Magistrates' Court and is in custody awaiting a sentence date at Inner London Crown Court.