A sex offender working at a hotel in Exeter has admitted pestering a woman in the health club Jacuzzi. Naweed Nasery, 21, followed the woman around the premises, bombarded her with WhatsApp messages and ignored her requests to stop, a court heard.
He was working as a porter at the Mercure Exeter at the time and subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which banned him from approaching lone females. The woman, a 19-year-old, was using the health club and called police after a series of incidents.
Nasery, of Cowick Street, admitted breaching the terms of his SHPO and was remanded in custody until a sentencing hearing next month.
Magistrates were told Nasery’s work gave him use of the hotel’s facilities and the first incident happened when he approached the woman in the Jacuzzi and sat next to her. He asked if she was single, her age and for her phone number. He told her he did not have any friends and would like to leave with her.
An hour later he texted her about meeting up. After sending more messages she told him to stop but he continued over the next few days. On May 17 she had 11 missed calls from him.
He carried on pestering her about being ‘friends’ when she returned to to health club. She managed to leave the hotel by a different exit and avoided going back to the gym. She made it clear on a number of occasions that he should leave her alone and was making her feel uncomfortable.
She contacted police on May 21 after receiving more messages from him.
Nasery has a history of similar offending and his behaviour was the latest breach of his SHPO. He was jailed in February for hanging around Exeter City Centre and speaking to woman on their own. He has been assessed as a high risk offender and his behaviour managed by the authorities.
Ms Lisa McArthur, defending, said Nasery was released from his prison recall in August and had previously worked at the Amazon warehouse with no problems. He has serious mental health issues but regularly sees a doctor and his offender manager. He is no longer employed at the hotel.
The defendant was remanded in custody until October 4. He will be sentenced at Exeter Crown Court.
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