Keep Off The Booze For 100 Days

A heavy-drinking sex offender, who molested a woman in a central London square, has been ordered by a court to avoid alcohol for a period of 100 days.

Craig Clark, 35, of Harehedge Lane, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire will be subject to alcohol monitoring equipment supervised by the Probation Service.

He pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court to sexually assaulting the woman in St. Martin's Square on July 11, last year.

Clark also pleaded guilty to possessing a small amount of cocaine when he was searched the same day at Walworth custody centre.

The court sentenced Clark to a nine-month Community Order, which includes an alcohol abstinence requirement.

During this period a Probation Officer will monitor Clark's alcohol consumption via monitoring equipment.

He must also complete 80 hours community service work.

Clark was ordered to pay £200 compensation to the victim; £85 costs and a £95 victim surcharge.