A 27-year-old Salford man has been handed a two-year community order after committing a “disgusting act” outside a student’s window.
Ashu Chander, of Milnthorpe Street, appeared at Manchester Crown Court after admitting to attempting to meet a child following grooming, making indecent photos of a child and exposure.
The court heard how Chander performed a sex act outside a young woman’s window as she was preparing for bed, before wiping his DNA on the window.
A judge described his behaviour as “vile, disgusting and deeply disrespectful”.
The victim, a student, had returned home from work at around 11.30pm when the incident occurred.
Unaware of Chander’s presence, she began her bedtime routine, only for him to perform a sex act outside her ground-floor window.
When spotted by a neighbour who began filming him, Chander responded by making an offensive gesture.
The young woman later provided a statement describing the incident as a “complete invasion of her privacy”.
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“It is only recently I have been able to cry about it,” she said. “I think I was in shock.”
The traumatic experience led to the victim moving out of the area entirely.
Prior to the exposure incident, Chander had created a fake Facebook account in 2020 to message what he believed was a 15-year-old girl.
The “child” was actually an adult decoy from a paedophile hunter group.
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During their conversations, Chander suggested the “girl” visit his property and made inappropriate sexual comments.
Prosecutor Eugene Cross told the court that when the decoy claimed to have never been kissed, Chander said he would “do it with her”.
He also made sexually suggestive comments when she mentioned being hungry, telling her she could “eat him”.
The exchanges culminated in a planned meeting at KFC in Salford, where a sting operation was conducted.
The operation was live-streamed on Facebook, and police were called to the scene.
Following his arrest, police analysed Chander’s phone and discovered two category B indecent images of children.
One of the images depicted a very young child being sexually abused by an adult man.
When questioned by police, Chander claimed he had no family or friends in the country and had been “looking for friends” online.
He denied the exposure incident, claiming he didn’t know how his DNA got onto the window.
His defence lawyer, Patrick Buckley, noted that Chander had already served the equivalent of a 12-month jail term in custody.
The court ordered Chander to complete 35 days of rehabilitation activity requirements as part of his two-year community order.
He also admitted to attempting to meet a child following grooming, making indecent photos of a child and exposure.
