A MAN has been jailed for three and a half years after sexually assaulting and strangling a teenager in Reading.

Adam Gerezgher, 28, of no fixed abode, was jailed after being found guilty by unanimous jury verdict of one count each of sexual assault, intentional strangulation and committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.

A verdict was delivered after a week-long trial at Reading Crown Court in March which heard the incident happened at about 1am on October last year 8.

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The victim, a woman in her late teens, was walking along London Road when she was grabbed from behind by Gerezgher.

He put his arm around her neck and touched her chest inappropriately over her clothing.

The court heard that a member of the public who was walking home from Friar Street was able to intervene and ‘yank’ Gerezgher away from the woman.

Judge Hassan Khan sentenced Gerezgher on Monday (June 5) to three and a half years imprisonment on the count of sexual assault.

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Gerezgher also received a concurrent three-and-a-half-year sentence for committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.

There was also an order for a victim surcharge payment of £228.