He then told police he had been in the city centre club “to get p***y”.
O’Neill, of Lichfield Road, Wheatley, Doncaster, has one previous conviction for criminal damage last year for which he received a 12-month conditional discharge.He admitted a charge of sexual assault. The offence put him in breach of the existing conditional discharge.AdvertisementHe added: “Behaviour of this kind, which has occurred in nightclubs for many years, has for a long time been overlooked and not been reported.Advertisement"He has only really worked since he left school.
“He says this has been a proper lesson for him, it has opened his eyes to the consequences to this sort of behaviour.”The judge, Recorder David Gordon told O’Neill: “This attitude belongs to a previous age."You smacked her on the bottom over her clothing. She was a stranger to you and it is a sexual assault, but I accept it’s the bottom of the scale in terms of seriousness.He gave O’Neill a 12-month community order and 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days.