Andrew Custos 32

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This is the face of the man who followed a woman 3.5 miles home before sexually assaulting her in the woods.

Andrew Custos, of Wroxham, was locked up last week after stalking the mother near her home in High Wycombe on February 26, 2022.

Thames Valley Police have now released a custody image of the offender, who was jailed for almost five years at Reading Crown Court.

The 30-year-old father had been driving his white Mercedes around Marlow town centre at 2am when he spotted the woman, who appeared unsteady, getting into a taxi from outside The Ship pub.

Custos followed the taxi 3.5 miles and through a red light to its destination, where the woman got out at the end of her road.

She walked back to her house and noticed Custos was following her so she kept walking past her home until she got to the end of the street.

Prosecutor Mr Brown said: He effectively stalked her on her way home.

It was as the woman turned back that Custos grabbed her and said come on, you know you want it.

She tried to fight him off for several minutes but Custos picked her up and carried her into the woods near Booker Common at 2.22am, CCTV showed.

While in the woods, Custos touched her bottom and kissed her, before he came to his senses and ran out at 2.29am.

The woman returned home and called the police, who arrested Custos on March 11, 2022.

Custos, a HGV driver, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for sexual assault and committing an offence with the intention to commit sexual assault.

He will sign the sex offenders register for life and he was barred from contacting the victim directly or indirectly for ten years.

Custos was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Friday, August 12.