A MAN who carried out sex attacks against teenage girls on buses has been banned from travelling on public transport in England for life.

Father-of-one Shazad Kayani was told by a judge: "The public have got to know that this sort of behaviour will not be countenanced in any way, shape or form."

Married Kayani, 31, was also jailed for a year and ordered to register on the sex offenders' list for ten years when he appeared in court yesterday.

The factory worker admitted one count of indecent assault and two of sexual assault, while four sexual assaults and two indecent assaults were left to lie on file.

Judge Michael Taylor told Kayani: "Young children are entitled to travel on public transport without fear of what you did to those girls occurring.

"I am concerned that in your pre-sentence report, you appear to focus more upon the impact this has had on you rather than your victims.

"The incidents in each case were disturbing and I have read that the impact upon one of the girls appears to be long-standing."

Stephen Duffield, prosecuting, told Teesside Crown Court that Kayani's attacks started on November 19, 2003, when he got on a bus in Middlesbrough town centre and sat next to a 16-year-old girl.

He edged closer to the girl and touched her leg when the bus went round a corner. The girl asked him to stop, but he continued, and stared at her when he finally got off.

Kayani, of Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, struck again last summer when he got on an almost-empty bus and "unnecessarily" sat next to another 16-year-old girl and stroked her side.

Mr Duffield said that on August 5, he touched the breast of a passenger as their bus cornered in Middlesbrough.

David Lamb, in mitigation, told Judge Taylor it had brought shame upon Kayani and his family in Teesside.

Kayani, who will also be on extended licence for three years after his release from prison, must seek permission from the police or supervising probation officer if he wants to travel on a bus, train, tram or underground.

He is allowed to use taxis.