Man jailed for sexually assaulting schoolgirl

Matthew Full was jailed for 20 months at Hull Crown Court

A man has been jailed for 20 months after he admitted sexually assaulting a schoolgirl in a park.

Matthew Full, 44, sat down next to the teenager and her friends on a bench in Hallgarth Park, Hornsea, and touched her "inappropriately on her thigh", Humberside Police said.

He also engaged her in conversation about her feet and asked for her telephone number which the girl gave him "in an attempt to get him away from her and her friends", police added.

The girl called the police after the incident in April. Full was identified after officers reviewed CCTV footage and was arrested at his home.

Analysis of Full's mobile phone showed multiple messages between him and the girl, as well as many photos of feet, police said.

When questioned, Full denied any knowledge of the incident and "when asked whether he touched the teenager's thigh, he claimed he did not know what a thigh was," the force added.

He pleaded guilty to sexually touching a girl aged between 13 and 15-years-old.

Full was also given a 10-year restraining order during the sentencing at Hull Crown Court on Friday.

Det Con Birkenhead praised the bravery of the girl and her two friends.

"Full knowingly approached three teenagers in school uniform and targeted the teenage girl, making her feel uncomfortable by inappropriately touching her thigh without her consent, before asking her about her feet all to appease his own perverse sexual fetishes," Birkenhead said.

"Following mobile phone analysis of the messages Full sent the girl, it was established that Full was fully aware that she was at school and underage, however that did not deter him from attempting to sexually engage with her."

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