A 32-year-old man who passionately kissed a 12-year-old girl has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Paul Page, of Whitehorns Way, Drayton, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, having earlier admitted a charge of sexual assault on an under-13.

The father-of-two, who has learning difficulties, had exchanged text messages with the girl.

He was given a three-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, a year’s supervision order and two-month curfew and told to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for seven years.