Dawn Love, 57, arrived at the victim's home and offered to take her out for the day before trying to put her hands down the child's shorts and top on the M3

A transgender woman who groped the breasts of a 15-year-old girl in a motorway traffic jam before later offering to take to her to see a performance of Mrs Brown's Boys was today allowed to start a new life 100 miles away.

Dawn Love, 57, arrived at the victim's home and offered to take her out for the day before trying to put her hands down the child's shorts and top on the M3.

The victim got into the car because she thought another family member was coming with her, but was only followed out of the house by Love, Guildford Crown Court was told.

A judge told Love that her crime justified a prison sentence, but only handed her a two-year community order and told her that moving to Dorset might be in her 'best interests'.

Prosecutor Richard Elliot described the assault from . He said: 'She found herself in a position of being driven by Ms Love against her will.'

Mr Elliot said Love from Lightwater, Surrey, sexually assaulted her victim while driving on the motorway.

He said: 'She was trying to place her hands down the complainant's shorts, close to the top of her knickers, but got no further. She then put her hands close to the complainant's breasts and then started to touch the top of them.'

Love sent a text message to the girl a few days later which read: 'Do you like Mrs Brown's Boys? Do you want to come with me to watch it? I will pay you.'

After the three-day trial, a jury took five hours and 51 minutes to unanimously find Love guilty of one count of sexual assault.

At an earlier hearing the court heard that Love was assigned male at birth but underwent a gender reassignment operation in 2003.

The victim got into the car because she thought another family member was coming with her, but was only followed out of the house by Love (left), Guildford Crown Court was told. Prosecutor Richard Elliot said Love from Lightwater, Surrey, then sexually assaulted her victim

Jurors at Guildford Crown Court (pictured) heard Love texted the girl a few days later and said: 'Do you like Mrs Brown's Boys? Do you want to come with me to watch it? I will pay you'

Sentencing Judge Jonathan Black today said: 'You placed your hands on her breasts and then attempted to get your hand underneath her shorts.

'I do make the point that the car was stationary, you were in a traffic jam, and you would have been surrounded on all sides by others cars.'

Love, who used a zimmer frame to walk into court, was acquitted of two further counts of sexual assault on the same victim.

The court heard that Love, who was handed a suspended sentence for having horse pornography on her phone in March 2015, had an appointment to view sheltered accommodation on the south coast and was planning to leave her Surrey home.

Judge Black added: 'I understand that you are seeking to leave the area and move to Dorset and that seems to me to be something in your best interests.'

Defending James Bloomer told the court that Love, who suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was reported to pose a high risk of suicide.

He said: 'We are dealing with a 57-year-old disabled woman with no history of this type of offending and who now has a chance to move away from the bullying and depression she is now facing and move to Dorset to start again.'

A five-year restraining order was also put in place, prohibiting her from contacting the victim, and she was ordered to pay £1,500 in costs plus a £60 victim surcharge.

As part of her community order Love from Lightwater, Surrey, was ordered to undergo two years of supervision with the probation service.