Sex offender Julien Dorin assaulted a girl after saying 'I've got money. If you help me, I'll help you'. Now he's had his teeth knocked out in prison

A sex offender who subjected a 14-year-old girl to a terrifying assault has had three of his teeth knocked out in prison.

Julien Dorin sexually assaulted the girl late at night in a Liverpool park. He told the teenager "I've got money, if you help me, I'll help you" before kissing and groping her, forcing her to seek safety in a nearby pub, the Liverpool Echo reports .

Now he has been attacked in prison and had three of his front teeth knocked out, Liverpool Crown Court was told. Ken Heckle, defending, said Dorin is originally from Syria and came to he UK legally, fleeing the war in his home country.

He said: "The defendant has been assaulted whilst in custody recently. He is missing three of his front teeth as a result of an assault quite recently within the prison."

The court heard how Dorin had only been freed from jail following a violent assault a matter of months before he subjected the 14-year-old to a harrowing hour-long ordeal.

At around 10pm the girl was sitting in Chavasse Park in Liverpool city centre when Dorin, of no fixed address, approached her and began talking to her, the court heard.

Derek Jones, prosecuting, described how a "rather lengthy interaction" followed between the two over the course of roughly an hour. However, during this time, the defendant, "repeatedly asked her if she wished to go for a drink" in spite of being aware of her young age.

Dorin also "said he could help her, said he had money several times and asked her to go back to his house". The 39-year-old took hold of her hand and began to kiss it "while telling her she was attractive and pretty".

He then "touched her thigh on a couple of occasions" and "told her that she had a good heart" before "using that expression as an excuse to touch her chest or her breasts". Having left this area, Dorin went on to put his arm around the girl and hug and kiss her before she was able to escape and hide in a nearby pub, before police were called.

Me Heckle said Dorin "bitterly regrets" what he did and "understands that it was wholly inappropriate". Dorin, who was assisted by an interpreter during the hearing, admitted one count of sexual assault. Appearing in the dock wearing a blue Adidas tracksuit, he was jailed for 18 months.

Sentencing, Judge Garrett Byrne said: "Your behaviour was, to say the very least, sinister and wholly inappropriate. You approached [the girl], who told you she was 14, and she clearly was a young girl." He added: "She told you to stop, but you did not. You persisted. She was clearly upset about all of this. She was a vulnerable person, and your behaviour was predatory."

Dorin was also handed a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. He will be required to sign the sex offenders' register for the next decade.