A SERIAL attacker of women at Bradford Royal Infirmary has been jailed for 21 weeks following a series of incidents at the hospital.

Asif Khan, 31, of Thorn Drive, Heaton, was also given a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from BRI and St Luke’s Hospital, except in an emergency. Khan was on remand in custody at Armley Prison in Leeds for breaching a Suspended Sentence Order, which he received for a string of similar previous offences.

He pleaded guilty to two charges of assault and one public order offence. Jessica Randall, prosecuting, said the first assault took place at BRI on November 19.

She said: “The ward manager saw Mr Khan walking down the ward, she asked if he was going to see his grandma, and directed him in the right direction. She then went to her office and called security, and a few minutes later when Mr Khan got up to leave she asked if he was going.”

Khan swore at the ward manager and swung a fist at her, which missed, after which the ward manager was pulled away by members of staff.

On November 20, Khan was walking down a corridor of the hospital when he hit a theatre nurse in the side of the head while she was on the phone.

Police were called to the hospital on November 22 to reports of Khan shouting and swearing and demanding access to see his grandma. When they arrived he had gone, but he was subsequently arrested.

Khan had also been verbally abusive to staff on August 15 and 31, and on October 31 he kicked a woman and hit a female patient in the back of the head in the car park. He was given 60 days in prison for each offence and 28 days for breaching his Suspended Sentence Order, to be served consecutively, and ordered to pay £150 compensation to each of his victims.

Along with banning him from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts, Mr Khan’s CBO also prohibits him from entering any premises from which he is banned or excluded, and states he must not remain on any premises when asked to leave, and can face up to five years in prison for breaching the order.

PC Di Walsh, of Bradford District Anti-Social Behaviour Team, said it was an “excellent result”. She said: “The granting of the CBO application will allow us to protect the community from further attack and anti-social behaviour by this individual.”

Karen Snape, security management specialist at BRI, said the ruling “demonstrates the Trust will do all it can to support staff, patients and visitors”.