A DRUNKEN pervert who launched a string of assaults on women in Southampton and across the country has been jailed.

Rhys Lloyd forced himself onto his victims including three women in one night – the youngest who was just 16.

Lloyd, 26, of Winchester Prison, admitted five sexual assaults, battery, common assault and a public order offence, and jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Southampton Crown Court heard how he first targeted a lone woman in March after he had been drinking.

He inappropriately touched her before she fought him off, said prosecutor Barry McElduff.

Lloyd, pictured, then approached another woman at a bus stop, touching her leg and following her before inappropriately touching another woman at a railway station and onboard a train.

He approached his youngest victim in Southampton, kissing her before she pushed him away.

The court heard he attacked two other women that night.

Mitigating, Natalie Wood said Lloyd suffered from alcohol problems.