Russian ‘intercourse pest’, 58, ‘masturbated and touched ladies’s boobs’ on UK buses
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Russian national Vadims Osipovs, 58, has been convicted of three offences against women, include masturbating beside one victim and “unwanted touching” of two others
Vadims Osipovs convicted of sexual offences on Norwich buses(Image: Newsquest / SWNS)
An “opportunistic sex pest” has been found guilty after touching two women’s “boobs or bum” and masturbating beside one other victim. Vadims Osipovs, a 58-year-old Russian national, facing sentencing this month after he was convicted of targeting women on Norwich buses.
Osipovs had been accused of sexually assaulting two women on buses in Norwich on July 13 and August 31, 2023. He was also accused of masturbating beside a woman on the number 25 bus on July 1 last year, thereby outraging public decency.
A Norwich Crown Court jury took just over two hours to find the defendant guilty of all three offences against the victims who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
His sick actions were carried out on Norwich buses(Image: Newsquest / SWNS)
Osipovs, from Norwich, will be sentenced on November 27 after being warned “all options”, including custody, would be open to the court.
The trial, which took place in September, heard Osipovs had targeted female passengers on separate journeys on the number 21 bus in the city in 2023 when he committed two sexual assaults.
Two years later, on July 1, 2025, Osipovs was on a number 25 bus in the city when he was seen masturbating near a woman who was left “upset and shocked” by what she had seen.
Ian James, prosecuting, told the jury of eight men and four women that the women suffered “unwanted touching” by Osipovs who touched “their thigh, bottom or boobs”.
He said: “They didn’t consent to having their bodies touched by him.”
Mr James said the reason Osipovs had touched the women “was obviously a sexual one” and added: “He was getting some sort of sexual gratification by touching these women, albeit fleeting.
“Putting it in a nutshell, the prosecution case is that Mr Osipovs is an opportunistic sex pest.”
Osipovs, who was represented by Jonathan Goodman and spoke through an interpreter, declined to give evidence in the trial.
He was granted bail with the condition that he co-operate with probation for his pre-sentence report.
