A man was convicted of molesting a 16-year-old girl on a Muni train, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A man was convicted of molesting a 16-year-old girl on a Muni train, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said Friday.Iman Session, 39, was convicted by a jury of child molesting, attempted forcible oral copulation of a child, false imprisonment and indecent exposure, prosecutors said.On May 4, 2023, Session boarded the J-Church and sat next to a 16-year-old female high school student on her way home from school.
No one on the train intervened to try to help the victim, prosecutors said.The victim and her father reported the incident to the San Francisco police department, who arrested Session on June 6.'It is because of the survivor's courage that we were able to get justice in this case,' Assistant District Attorney Tanisha Gooch said in a press release. 'Children should feel safe while riding public transportation. We will not tolerate this behavior in our city.
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