A 67-YEAR-OLD man has been given a three-year community order after admitting two charges of sexually touching a 16-year-old girl.
John Harris was told he must attend a sexual offenders' group work programme.
Derby Crown Court heard that Harris, of Peet Street, kissed the girl on the mouth and squeezed her bottom while they were in a bar.
A woman in the bar who saw what happened, told the girl's mother, who then reported the offences to police earlier this year.
Harris will be supervised by the probation service and must sign the sex offenders' register.
Judge Michael Elsom said: "It does not seem to me the best way of dealing with you at this stage is to send you to prison. It seems young women and society will be best served if I make this order but, if you break the terms of the order, you will find yourself back before this court."
Harris must also obey a sexual offences prevention order which includes not having any unsupervised contact with children under 16. He had no previous convictions.
