A BRAZILIAN man has admitted molesting women and girls as young as 12 while travelling on buses in south-east London.

Adilson Cardosa indecently touched a 12-year-old girl on a bus in Croydon.

The 29-year-old also touched a 13-year-old girl on a bus in Wickham Road, Bromley, and assaulted a 17-year-old girl on a bus in Beckenham High Street.

Cardosa also admitted assaulting two women, aged 23 and 46, on buses in Deptford and Croydon.

All the attacks took place between August 28 and October 26 last year.

Cardosa, of no fixed address, followed his victims onto buses and sat next to them.

With his coat over his lap, he rubbed their legs and groin area while appearing to perform a sex act on himself.

Police officers identified Cardosa through his Oyster card and CCTV footage from the buses.

He was eventually traced to Bournemouth and arrested in the early hours of October 13.

At Croydon Crown Court on Monday (Jan 5), Cardosa pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual assault and two charges relating to the sexual touching of young girls.

He will be sentenced on February 6.

The Brazilian national will be deported back to South America after finishing his sentence.