Asylum seeker accused of vile schoolgirl assault explains he was scratching himself

An asylum seeker accused of abusing a runaway schoolgirl on a train told a court he touched himself in front of her because he has a skin condition. Abdulmanon Aliev, 50, who is from Tajikistan, took of his shorts and pants off assaulting the teenager on a train between Chalkwell and Fenchurch Street Stations on 16 June last year. He touched her chest, put his hand under her tights to penetrate her, and then tried to orally rape her, a…