A football fan described as an 'out-of-control sex pest' has been jailed for sexually assaulting two women and allowing his home to be used for drug dealing.

Jordan Wilkinson, 31, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual assault and two counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply.

The court heard how Wilkinson, of Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, had been drinking heavily at a pub watching the Euro 2020 England vs Croatia match on June 13, 2021, when he assaulted the two women.

He grabbed a 16-year-old girl by the crotch and groped another woman's bottom, according to reports from Lancs Live.

Wilkinson later claimed he did not remember the assaults but was horrified by his actions.

In February 2022, police discovered heroin and crack cocaine in a box at Wilkinson's home. Wilkinson's defense claimed he was struggling financially after a relationship break-up and had fallen into debt with cannabis dealers, leading him to agree to store the drugs for £200 a week.

Despite claiming he never looked inside the box and did not know what was inside, he admitted knowing that drugs were illegal.

Judge Guy Mathieson, sentencing, said: "A lot of life is about choices, good and bad. It is a good idea to go out and watch the England game with your mates and have a few beers. It is a bad choice to get so out of it that you thought being an out-of-control sex pest was hilarious. The problem with bad choices is that they catch up with you eventually. There are two victims and there is some real impact, certainly with the younger girl, as to how she now deals with people. That seems to me to make it cross the custody threshold. So that is one choice. Then, things go badly wrong in 2021/22. I'm afraid I have heard this story so many times it is like a broken record. Things get difficult in lockdown, problems occur, so you take the choice to continue to use cannabis, which you know is illegal. What a surprise that when your drug dealer mates, who supply you with the cannabis, when you can't pay for it they aren't your mates at all? And what a surprise that they use you to store a really significant amount of drugs? A large amount - worth £37,000 on the street, spreading misery. And you get what for it? £200? £300? You said, 'it was a choice to get back on my feet'. Bad choice. They catch up with you. Drug dealers need people like you because they don't want to get caught with drugs on them. People like you who think, 'this is easy money because let's face it, the chances of getting caught are slim, so let's take the choice'. With your young son in the house."

The judge acknowledged Wilkinson had taken steps to change his life but stated: "You have still made these choices, and they have caught up with you today. This combination of offences, particularly the drug dealing, is so serious it has to be an immediate prison sentence."

Wilkinson was jailed for 18 months for the drug offenses and six months and three months, respectively, for the two sexual assaults, to run concurrently. He was also placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.