A man from Crawley has been sentenced to four and a half years behind bars for sexual offences involving young girls.

53 year-old Andrew Ward was sentenced last week after being found guilty of three cases of sexual assault on two girls, both aged 11, who were known to him.

Ward was also found guilty of taking an indecent photograph of another girl, aged under 13.

He will be a registered sex offender for life and was also issued a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.