A Felixstowe man with learning difficulties who admitted engaging in sexual communication with a child has been handed a community order.
Timothy Green, 36, of Marina Gardens, Felixstowe, pleaded guilty at a plea hearing at Ipswich Crown Court on January 18 to engaging in sexual communication with a child under 16 on April 20, 2020.
Judge Emma Peters previously told Green that although the offence crossed the custody threshold, she would not be sending him to prison.
A pre-sentence report was prepared by the Probation Service and Green appeared for sentence at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday.
Judge Peters sentenced Green to a three-year community order, with 60 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
The judge also imposed a five-year sexual harm prevention order. Green was not ordered to pay any court costs.
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