A shoe fetishist who sexually assaulted a string of women because he was turned on by their footwear was caged for nine months.
Paul Chigbu, 43, pounced on his latest victim, a 25-year-old in knee-high black leather boots as she shopped with her family.
His previous record features similar incidents in which he has alarmed women by fondling or commenting on their boots in the street or on public transport.
Inner London Crown Court heard how on the evening of September 19, last year, he sexually assaulted the boot wearing office manager.
She was walking down Clapham High Street, Clapham, southwest London, with her parents when Chigbu 'appeared out of nowhere'.
The victim added: 'He was standing up but bent down and grabbed my boot.
She described being 'spooked out' but just brushed off Chigbu as a weirdo and the family went to dinner.
But when they saw him twice more during the evening, believing he may be stalking her, they alerted police.
Chigbu was arrested at the scene.
I October 2009 while on a train, he rubbed a fashion student's knee, lower leg, and her knee-high boots.
Chigbu walked past the teenager, who was wearing leggings with the alluring boots, and then stood in front of her while swigging from a can of beer.
She said: 'I was sitting on the train talking to my friend on the phone.
'I saw the male come past me on the right hand side. He stopped in front of me and blocked me.
She alerted two police officers and picked out Chigbu while the train was stopped at Charing Cross Station.
He became aggressive and violent when he was arrested kicking out at officers and spitting in the face of a special constable.
In police interview, Chigbu told officers he admired the girl's boots and thought he might buy a similar pair for his girlfriend.
Other women have made complaints about him fondling thei shoes cashpoint and in a branch of Marks & Spencer.
Chigbu, formerly of Rutland Place, Catford, denied sexual assault and was convicted by a jury.
His 34 previous convictions includes an assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault, assault on police, harassment, robbery, affray, disorderly behaviour, battery and using threatening or insulting words or behaviour.