A man committed a sexual act while staring at a woman on a bus a court was told.

Mohammed Ozair, 30, of Providence Court, Dewsbury, is said to have caused a public nuisance at Moor Bottom, Cleckheaton, on November 23 last year.

Kirklees Magistrates’ Court hear that the defendant is currently in Fieldhead Hospital after being sectioned under the Menthal Health Act.

Ozair, who was accompanied into court by two hospital support workers, heard prosecutor Alex Bozman say: “It is in the public interest for this case to proceed.”

Magistrates granted the defendant unconditional bail and told him to reappear at the court on July 22.