April 2015 Deaf and unable to speak pervert jailed for six months for sex offences on teen A man who sexually assaulted a teenager during a train journey in the Lake District has been jailed. Linley Hassan, 26, who is deaf and unable to speak, sat beside the girl in an otherwise empty carriage and wrote her unwanted notes before the late night attack on January 7. A drunken Hassan then tried to cuddle the 16-year-old, but when she turned away, he placed his hand on the inside of her thigh. At Carlisle Crown Court yesterday, Hassan pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the teenager. He was sent to prison for six months by Judge Paul Batty QC, who had heard how the victim “froze” as she was attacked. “This was a terrifying incident for a young girl on a train,” the judge told him. Hassan, latterly of Castle Street, Kendal, must comply with sex offender notification requirements for the next 10 years.