A foot fetishist who tricked young women into removing their shoes so he could fondle their feet has been banned from public transport.

Alican Reilly, 21, of Southall, first struck on a train from Kew Bridge towards Clapham Junction in October 2010, Blackfriars Crown Court heard on Tuesday, September 22.

Reilly told his victim he liked her boots and asked her to take them off but she refused and moved seats nearer a male passenger, the Evening Standard reported.

Two teenage girls later approached her and said Reilly had done the same to them.

Reilly struck again in April and May 2014 and persuaded victims, including a 14-year-old girl, to take off their shoes so he could fondle their feet.

He was sentenced by Judge Peter Clark QC to 12 months probation and banned from travelling on public transport unaccompanied for two years.