A SEX offender who launched a drink and drug fuelled attack on a woman he thought was asleep has had his curfew lifted so he can go to Glastonbury.

Harry Webb had just been spared jail for the perverted assault on a friend who he believed was out for the count after a night on the town.

But when the 21-year-old's solicitor said his client's family had booked a week at the festival, being headlined by Adele, Judge Peter Blair QC agreed to lift the restriction.

Instead of being under night time house arrest Webb, who must register as a sex offender, will be able to wander the Worthy Farm site for a week.

The judge had just told him he had to be inside from 8pm to 6am for the next three months as part of a suspended sentence when he was asked to make the alteration.

Tony Bignall, defending, told Swindon Crown Court a 'family outing' to Glastonbury had been booked and paid for and asked for the curfew to be suspended

Agreeing, the judge replied: "I will accede to that. The curfew will not apply from June 21 to June 27."

The court had been told how Webb carried out the sex attack on a close female friend on Sunday, December 20, last year.

The woman, in her early 20s, was staying at his home after a night out on the town and they shared a bed, as they had done before.

Rob Welling, prosecuting, said she trusted him completely but as she was drifting off she realised he was putting his hand down her pyjama bottoms and inside her thong.

Confused as to what was happening, she pretended to be asleep as he touched her before taking her hand and placing it on him.

Once he had finished and she was sure he had gone to sleep she left in a taxi and immediately told friends what had taken place.

After the matter was reported to the police he was questioned and he admitted what he had done.

Webb, of Magdalen Road, Wanborough, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault.

Mr Bignall said his client had been mixing cocaine and alcohol on the night of the incident and 'went rather further than he should'.

He said that his client was full of remorse for what he had done and had been honest when he was confronted by the police.

Imposing a 12-month jail term suspended for two years the judge said: "You are 21 years old. You are someone who has not been in trouble before at all and you have shown remorse for what you have done, and admitted it fully right from the outset.

"For all these reasons I am able to avoid sending you straight to prison today.

"But the consequences of this really close friend of yours have been devastating in terms of her dynamic with friends, family and trust issues with people in the future.

"I hope you understand how that can had appalling affects. I have not doubt as a result of the sentence I am going to pass on you today will be really driven home to you while you are on the sex offender programme.

"She was vulnerable through her drink. I do conclude that you were abusing a position of trust."

He told him to complete a Thames Valley Sex Offender Programme, 30 days of rehabilitation activity requirement and register as a sex offender for 10 years.