An East Lothian pensioner who sexually assaulted a woman in a violent attack at his home has avoided a jail term and been placed on the sex offenders register.

Alan Martin pushed the victim onto a sofa and pinned her down before seizing her by the neck during the shocking incident on June 12, 2022.

Martin, 74, then sexually assaulted the woman by placing his hand inside her lower clothing, attempting to remove her underwear and touching her.

The OAP denied the allegations but was found guilty by a jury following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month.

The jury also found Martin guilty of a second offence of making sexual advances towards the same woman causing her to barricade herself in a bathroom at his home in Wallyford, East Lothian.

He repeatedly lashed out at the toile

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