Groper Told Victim He Needed A Girlfriend

A local sex pest groped a woman as she queued at a hot-dog stand, telling her: “You need a boyfriend and I need a girlfriend.”

First-time offender Michael Ardy, 47, (pictured) of Benhill Wood Road, Sutton put his hand between the victim's legs and on her bottom, but denies inviting her back to the flat he shares with his mother.

He pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to sexually assaulting the woman in Sutton High Street on July 22 and yesterday was placed under probation supervision for twelve months.

The court was told the woman was with a small boy when Ardy approached and the defendant insists his hands never went under the victim's clothing.