Student crept into women's rooms, stole their bras and masturbated over them

A university student who stole women's bras and masturbated over them has been spared jail. King Tam, 19, rifled through the women's drawers after sneaking into their bedrooms at a University of Manchester hall of residence.

The victims confronted Tam after one of them spotted him entering the other's room uninvited. Upon checking their bras, they found semen stains on them.

At Minshull Street Crown Court today, Tam was handed a suspended prison sentence after a judge heard he felt 'lonely' and 'isolated' at the time and had since returned home to Hong Kong.

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Prosecutor David Farley told the court that Tam and the two victims lived were also when the offences happened between January 20 and February 2 of this year. At the time, Tam was also a student at the University of Manchester.

One of the victims became suspicious when she noticed her bras were going missing, the court heard. She then saw the defendant going into another woman's room uninvited.

The woman later discovered semen stains on one of her bras and informed the other victim, who found similar stains on hers. When the two women confronted Tam, he claimed he did not understand what they were saying. However, he later apologised over Snapchat.

The police were called and Tam was arrested. When interviewed, he admitted the offence and made an embarrassed apology.

In a victim impact statement, one of the victims said she "felt sick" when she thought about what Tam had done. The other woman revealed that she becomes 'tearful, upset and anxious' when talking about the incident.

Tam, who had no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary. The court heard that