A SEX offender who was chucked off a bus after passengers spotted him assaulting a schoolgirl has been handed a community order.

Simon Weygang denied sexually assaulting the 14-year-old last October and also exposing himself to a woman in his home less than one month later.

But the "chronic alcoholic" was handed a two-year community order after jurors convicted him of the sex offences following two separate trials.

Sentencing at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday, Judge Ian Pringle QC told the 51-year-old: "You have a major problem and that is when you drink you lose all inhibitions and you behave in this appalling way and unless somebody tries to help you tackle that major problem, you will continue to offend."

The court heard Weygang, of Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, was on a bus in the city when he spotted the teenager and moved seats to sit opposite her on October 30.

She realised the defendant was rubbing his leg on to hers, continuing even when she tried to move away and believed he was going to kiss her as he got up

A passenger on the bus who spotted the incident told the driver to stop the vehicle, throwing Weygang off.

The court heard the teenager's mother feels her daughter does not socialise with others following the sexual assault, becoming more nervous about going out.

Prosecutor Robert Harding told the court a painter and decorator in her 20s was at Weygang's home when he exposed himself to her on November 17.

He said he answered the door in just his underpants when she first arrived, quickly becoming sexually inappropriate towards his victim.

Mr Harding said the woman spotted Weygang sipping on vodka, while still in his underwear, when she briefly left the house to get materials from her van.

He said she left the house a second time, returning to her van, before spotting Weygang exposing himself in his bedroom as she returned to work in his bathroom opposite.

The prosecutor said Weygang told his victim she had to stay in the house but she fled and reported the incident to police.

He went on to tell the court the woman's employer stopped her from customer-facing roles after she took an "innocent" comment made by a customer about her hair seriously following the incident.

Defence barrister Claire Fraser said Weygang, who receives benefits and is £12,000 in debt, gets "incredibly upset" when he hears of his offending.

Weygang was ordered to take part in a 35-day rehabilitation activity requirement and a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement.

He was also made subject to a ten-year sexual harm prevention order and a three-month electronically-tagged curfew but was told not to pay the £7,000 costs requested by the prosecution because of his lack of funds.