Kebatu was ‘begging’ after woman called the police, court hearspublished at 10:56 British Summer Time
10:56 BST
Being interviewed by police, the boy is now talking about the events of 8 July.
He alleges he and his friends, including the girls, were in Epping town centre when they saw Kebatu again.
“He asked [one of the girls] to kiss me and she kissed me on the
cheek, and then he asked if she could kiss him as well,” the boy says.
“A bit after, he tried to
stroke [the girl’s] hair and I think he did stroke her hair.”
The boy says at this point, Kebatu then moved to another bench nearby.
He continues: “Then he asked this other woman to
sit down with him and he was asking her how to get his CV, how to get a job.”
“They was just speaking and speaking for a while
and then he stood back up and ran over to [the girl].
“Then the woman asked [the
girl] if she felt OK, if she was all right and she said ‘No, he’s touching me and
stuff’. Then the guy ran away.”
The boy says Kebatu started “begging” and saying sorry after the woman called the police, who arrived moments later.