Overview
- Newport Crown Court sentenced Thomas, 29, and imposed a sexual harm prevention order plus a restraining order protecting the victim.
- He followed the child and his family around the Aldi in Caldicot for about 12 minutes before touching the boy on several occasions.
- CCTV played in court showed the offending, and the child alerted his grandfather by shouting "stop doing that" outside the store.
- Thomas pleaded guilty to assault by touching a child under 13 and has a 2024 supervision order for sexual assault and exposure in a Cwmbran food store.
- A victim impact statement said the family suffer sleepless nights and now shop online, and the grandfather lost confidence taking the children out.