May 2007 Man jailed for groping girl A MARRIED Abberley man who groped a 13-year-old girl on the way to a pheasant shoot has been jailed by a judge at Worcester Crown Court. Colin Finch told police he fantasised about having sex with a virgin. He stopped his car in a gateway, kissed the victim and squeezed her, said Susan Cliff, prosecuting. Finch was sacked from his job at a riding stables after he confessed to locals about his conviction. Judge Alistair McCreath said: “I have a nagging worry that he has a latent sexual fantasy which he may carry out to the detriment of other children.” He told 33-year-old Finch, of Snead Common, Abberley, he had looked on the child as “a mere sexual object”. She was at a delicate stage in her emotional development and may never fully get over the experience. Finch, whose wife wept in the public gallery, pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child. He was jailed for 12 months and must sign on sex offenders’ register for 10 years. Mrs Cliff said the offence occurred on November 24 last year after the girl – who is not related to Finch – was allowed to take a day off school. On the way to the shoot he made indecent comments to her before parking in the gateway. The victim told a friend what had happened. Jonas Hankin, defending, said the father-of-one had a sexual fantasy “directed towards virginity rather than young girls” and had referred to adult women. He was a well-liked family man, the captain of a local air rifle team and had made an error of judgement. Mr Hankin added: “This was a very rare example of a moment of madness.”