Jailed: Shrewsbury man, 37, gets four years for sexually assaulting teenage girl
A Shrewsbury man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl has been jailed for four years.
Andrew Prideaux had admitted two charges of sexual assault on the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at a previous court hearing.
The 37-year-old, of Middlegate in Harlescott, appeared at the town's crown court to be sentenced.
The court heard the offences happened in Shrewsbury on December 23, 2014.
Mr Stephen Scully, for Prideaux, said his client suffered from anxiety and depression.
"His explanation is that due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed, he had no real recollection of the incident," Mr Scully said.
Sentencing him, Judge Robin Onions said: "These are clearly very serious offences, she was very young.
"In a case like this my duty is absolutely clear.
"Those who sexually abuse children in the way that you did will go to prison."
