Clive McMahon, 53, admitting touching the schoolgirl, who was known to his daughter, as she waited in South Street, Perth on February 1. The hairdresser groped a 14-year-old girl as she waited at a bus stop with her friends.
On Monday, Perth Sheriff Court was told the girl and her friends were shocked when McMahon carried out the attack.
Fiscal depute Jim Eodonable told the court: “The complainer and her friends were at the bus stop with the accused.
“They could be described as casual acquaintances as the complainer knows his daughter. They had bumped into each other and walked to the bus stop.
“She formed the opinion that he was drunk. He said goodbye and leaned in to give her a hug with both of his arms over her shoulders.
“The complainer wasn’t comfortable with this but didn’t do anything to shrug the hug off. He then stopped the embrace.
“As he was moving away one of his hands took hold of one of her breasts. It was for a sufficiently long time that two of her friends saw what happened. They were shocked.”
McMahon, from Scone, admitted sexually assaulting the 14-year-old girl and has been placed on the sex offenders register. He will be sentenced at a later date once reports have been prepared.