HORNSEA MAN SENTENCED FOR INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING OF TEENAGER
A man who approached a teenage girl wearing a school uniform, before inappropriately touching her whilst she was with her friends at a park in Hornsea, has been sentenced to one year and eight months in prison.Matthew Full, 44-years-old, of Lindale Avenue in Hornsea pleaded guilty to engaging in non-penetrative sexual touching with a girl aged between 13- and 15-years-old at an earlier court hearing.
He was also handed a ten-year Restraining Order and a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order following his appearance at Hull Crown Court on Friday, 7 November 2025.
Humberside Police received a call from a teenage girl and two of her friends reporting that a man had approached them as they sat on a bench in Hallgarth Park in Hornsea.
The man, later identified as Full, sat next to the girl and proceeded to touch her inappropriately on her thigh.
He also asked her about her feet and whether she paints her toenails.
He then asked her for her phone number, and feeling uncomfortable, the girl gave him her number in an attempt to get him away from her and her friends.
Following initial enquiries and CCTV analysis, Full was quickly identified and arrested at his home on suspicion of sexual assault of a child.
His phone was seized, and analysis revealed multiple messages and photos of feet.
Full denied knowledge of the incident, claiming he did not know what a thigh was when questioned.
Detective Constable Birkenhead from the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit said: "Full knowingly approached three teenagers in school uniform and targeted the teenage girl, making her feel uncomfortable by inappropriately touching her thigh without her consent, before asking her about her feet all to appease his own perverse sexual fetishes." "She then felt the only way to get rid of him was to give him her number.
Analysis of his messages showed he was fully aware she was underage." "We thank the brave girl and her friends for assisting in the investigation, which led to Full's guilty plea.
He has now been sentenced to prison and ordered to stay away from the victim and the area for ten years."
