A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years, for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in Gateside Park, Blackpool, in May last year.
An indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order was imposed, along with a three-year restraining order and notification requirements for 10 years.
On 1 May 2022 Alexander Wardhaugh was walking his two dogs near the park when the girl approached him to stroke the dogs.
They walked to the park together when one of the dogs ran off.