A Lancashire man who ended up on the Sex off enders’ Register after groping a Lochaber woman in a Fort William bar during the 2017 Royal National Mòd was back in court for sentencing this week.
Warren Plant, 51, of Poulton Le Fylde, had denied sexually assaulting the woman on October 21 by touching her bottom under her skirt but over her underwear. Plant had also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of touching the bottom of another woman in the bar on the same night, over her clothing, with his hand.
After a trial lasting two days in June, Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald found Plant guilty on the first charge, but found charge two not proven. Sentence was deferred until this week for the preparation of a community justice social work report, but Plant was immediately placed on the Sex off enders’ Register after being convicted.