Sweet shop owner jailed for groping girl
A trader who groped a schoolgirl at a sweet shop he ran from his home in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, has been jailed for six months.
A jury at Bristol Crown Court heard Michael Johnstone kissed and improperly touched the 14-year-old when she visited his cupboard store to spend £1 on sweets.
Johnstone, 59, who traded from Kneller Close, denied wrongdoing but was convicted of sexual assault after a trial last month.
Sentencing him yesterday, Judge Simon Darwall-Smith ordered him to sign as a sex offender and made him the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order to keep him away from youngsters.
4 Comments
by Steven, North Bristol
Friday, December 12 2008, 2:48PM
“I agree Sandra, evey City has it's unsavoury parts. Fortunately I do not live in one of them.”
by Sandra, Bristol
Friday, December 12 2008, 1:47PM
“Steve: I am getting so fed up with your comments about Lawrence Weston, which part of Bristol do you come from, every town in every county has bad areas your's included!!”
by Steven, North Bristol
Friday, December 12 2008, 11:43AM
“Who in their right mind allows their children to go to a "sweet shop" run from an old man's house?
There again, it is Lawrence Weston.”
by Mary, bristol
Friday, December 12 2008, 11:21AM
“here we go again yet another pervert, given a really tough sentence NOT”