A Derbyshire pensioner urinated on a teenage school girl while travelling on a bus, a court has heard.

Michael Doherty, 66, also intentionally exposed himself to the victim while they were on the Trent Barton service in the Duffield area of Derby.

Police say the teenager got on the service after school, sat down and, after a short while, realised her skirt was becoming damp.

She looked up and noticed that Doherty was exposing himself sexually, the Burton Mail’s sister paper the Derby Telegraph reported.

Police say the teen complained to the driver and to Trent Barton and the company handed over CCTV footage to investigating officers. They then circulated Doherty’s image to the media.

From that, he was identified by several people and charged.

He has now pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and also to assault in relation to urinating on the victim.

The incident happened on a Trent Barton service between Belper and Derby

A spokesman for Derbyshire police said: “The incident took place between 4pm and 4.30pm on November 7.

“The victim, who is a teenage schoolgirl, got on the Trent Barton bus, which was travelling between Belper and Derby.

“A short time after sitting down she noticed her leg was becoming damp and she looked up to see the defendant was exposing himself to her.

“She also reported that she believes he urinated on her.”

The spokesman said the teenage girl made a complaint to the bus driver and then later to Trent Barton.

He said: “The defendant got off the bus at Derby and, as part of our investigation, we spoke to Trent Barton who handed us CCTV from the bus.

“We circulated an image to the media as part of an appeal that we took from the footage on the bus and, as a result, a number of people called us and gave us Mr Doherty’s name.

“We interviewed and later charged him with both indecent exposure and assaulting the victim when he urinated on her.”

Doherty, of Aldreds Lane, Heanor, pleaded guilty to both charges when he appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court and was handed a 12-month community order.

Magistrates also ordered him to pay £100 compensation to the girl, £85 prosecution costs and an £85 victim surcharge.

They also handed Doherty a curfew confining him to his home address from 7pm to 7am each day until June 4.