Britains most convicted man is back in prison after committing his 668th offence in a criminal career spanning 48 years.
Patrick Ryan, 62, has run up a staggering 469 convictions for a total of 668 offences, costing UK taxpayers a staggering £3 million to take to court.
His criminal record runs to 100 pages and is so long a police force once put a note on it warning workers not to print it out as it would waste too much paper.
This week at Preston Crown Court a probation officer referred to Ryans sheer number of convictions and admitted he had never seen a record like it.
Judge Andrew Jefferies QC jailed him for 18 months after hearing how he exposed himself to a bus-load of appalled passengers, groped one and urinated.
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The judge told him: Youre 62 and you expose yourself and urinate on a bus..
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Youre drunk and stumbling and grope a woman. No one should have to be groped by a drunk man.
You then go on another bus and because of the effect of the drink, you urinate again.
You have an unenviable record of previous convictions. These include theft and dishonesty offences and a sexual assault in 2004.
Set against that record, I have no hesitation in sentencing you to 18 months in prison.
You will serve half of that sentence and will be released on licence and supervision after that.
During the period of licence and supervision, this would be be a good time to look at your mental health and drinking problem.
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Ryan, from Accrington, Lancashire, has mainly committed theft offences.
He has been in an out of custody since the age of 14 and had spent 23 years behind bars before the age of 50.
Prosecutor Emma Kehoe explained how Ryan was on a bus travelling to Preston on April 24 when he exposed himself and started urinating.
He was seen by a woman on the bus who reported him to the driver.
Ryan, who had been drinking, then started doing up his trouser zip and began staggering on his feet towards the same woman.
The court heard how he then grabbed her breasts with both hands, with the victim saying he squeezed hard so they hurt.
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Ms Kehoe said: The woman alerted the driver and the bus was stopped and Ryan got off.
He then got on another bus and started urinating again. Ryan was then arrested.
The court also heard a victim statement from the woman, who said she was anxious about getting on a bus following the incident.
Ryan pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and sexual assault on a woman.
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