A MAN from Barnet has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after sexually assaulting a young man on a bus.

Rodney Fenlon, who was also given an amended Sexual Prevention Order, rubbed the 18-year-old victim’s hip, legs and arms, while touching his own groin on the Route 143 bus.

The victim stated he was very distressed and shaken and that there were definitely sexual intentions.

The incident was witnessed by a Transport for London Police officer and Fenlon, 39, from Sunny Gardens Road, was found guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court on November 4.

He is also on bail for harassment in another case involving repeated visits and calls to a journalist, who was helping Fenlon to write letters for his solicitor.

As a result Fenlon caused distress to the victim and his wife, and is on a suspended sentence for two years for five similar offences.

Fenlon is a registered sex offender and the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

He was jailed for 12 months for breeching the suspended sentence, six months for sexual assault and three months for the harassment charges, to run consecutively.

Fenlon was jailed for 21 months in total with 47 days on remand to be taken into account.

The existing sexual offences prevention order has been replaced with a varied order.