Sex pest's jail term added to

A SEX offender who was on licence from a previous sentence has been given a 37 months extended sentence for a sexual assault on a woman on a bus.

James Little, 30, a prisoner in Saughton, had pleaded guilty previously at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to assaulting the 26-year old woman on a bus between Princes Street and Prestonpans on January 16 this year.

Fiscal Depute, Ian Wallace, said the woman was returning home after a night out and had consumed a large quantity of alcohol. She had gone to the top deck and fell asleep.

Little boarded the bus, sat down beside her and repeatedly stroked the woman's leg through her clothing. The incident was caught on CCTV.