Edward Walton 57

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A MAN has been found guilty of exposing himself to a little girl while on a milk float and sexually assaulting another child.

Convicted sex offender Edward Walton, 55, was found guilty on April 8 of six charges following a trial at Hove Crown Court.

The first charge related to an incident between 2004 and 2006 when he exposed himself while on a milk float. He was found not guilty on a separate count of causing the child, aged about 11, to watch pornography.

In respect of the second girl, he was convicted of three counts of sexual assault and two counts of causing her to watch pornography when she was aged nine or ten.

Walton showed no emotion as the jury foreman read out the guilty verdicts, all of which were unanimous decisions.

The offences took place between 2004 and 2015 at addresses where he was living in Littlehampton and Barnham respectively, police said after the trial.

Following the conviction, Jack Talbot, defending, told the court Walton was currently serving a custodial sentence at HM Prison Littlehey, Cambridgeshire, for several serious sexual offences.

At the end of the trial, the judge, the Recorder Mr Anthony Hawks, thanked the jury for its public duty.

This was a difficult case, he said.

Walton will be sentenced at Hove Crown Court on June 10.