The sentence given to Robert William Keeling, 41, of Jarvie Road, Cringilla in Nowra Local Court also covered his failure to inform police of several changes of address.

In 2007 Keeling was convicted of aggravated sexual assault, three counts of aggravated indecent assault and stalking an 11-year-old girl.

He was given a three-year sentence with a non-parole period of 18 months and placed on the child protection register, one of its requirements being that he inform police if he moved.

Keeling was living at Seven Hills until December last year and visiting Nowra where his girlfriend lived.

Through her he met his young victim and socialised with her parents.

On September 17 last year he saw her at Wollongong Railway Station on a school excursion.

He asked for her mobile number and then sent her a text inviting her over for a drink.

Later that evening he was at her place with her family and his girlfriend when he sent texts saying she was “hot” asking her to get drunk with him.

The girl felt uncomfortable, and went to hide in her room.

She told her parents who informed the police.

On December 11 last year police went to Keeling’s Seven Hills address on an unrelated matter to discover he had moved.

On January 24 this year, Keeling went to Blacktown Police Station to update his contact details and was arrested.

He admitted moving and being at two addresses on the South Coast without informing police.

Keeling also admitted sending texts to the young girl and agreed they were something he could not have said openly to her.

In court Keeling was also given a nine-month jail sentence with a six-month non-parole period for driving while he was disqualified and fined $88 for having bald tyres.

He was also disqualified from driving for two years.