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A man with a bearded dragon lizard clinging to his chest groped a woman in a DIY store, a court was told.

Paul Kerslake was advising the fellow customer on painting in a B&Q store when he ripped open his shirt to reveal the live reptile clinging to his torso.

He then embraced her.

The woman, who is not British, thought this was a bizarre local custom until 6ft 5in Kerslake squeezed her buttock.

Ann Smout, prosecuting, told Isle of Wight magistrates court that Kerslake then followed her out of the store and into a deserted pedestrian underpass while making obscene suggestions.

Kerslake, 27, who the court was told had a history of of assaulting women in the street, admitted sexual touching and breaching a sexual offenders' prevention order imposed in 2012.

He was remanded in custody for sentence on August 28.

Kerslake's solicitor Barry Arnett said: "My client deserves full credit for his early guilty plea and accepts the affect this has had on the lady concerned."