February 2014: Gareth Smallwood now aged 35 years old is now wanted by police after breaking the terms of his sexual offences order by failing to report to probation June 2013 Pervert who groomed and sexual assaulted schoolgirl walks free from court with a community order A pervert who groomed a schoolgirl over a three month period which resulted in several sexual assaults has been sentenced Gareth Smallwood, 33 of West Bromwich pleaded guilty to one offence of sexual assault against a child under 16 years old when he appeared before Burton magistrates court. The installation and refrigeration technician was finally caught, when the schoolgirl found the courage to speak out. Smallwood groomed the girl over several months, gradually building to several sexual assaults, of which Smallwood admitted one offence He was ordered to participate in community sex offender group work programme He was disqualified from working with children for 5 years Smallwood was placed on the sex offenders register for 5 years He also received a five year restraining order  And he was finally ordered to pay £500 compensation to the victim and £85 court costs