Britain's most convicted criminal back in prison after drunkenly urinating on two buses and groping a woman

Britain’s most convicted man is back behind bars after drunkenly urinating on two buses in front of shocked passengers and groping a woman.

Patrick Ryan, 62, has racked up 469 convictions for a total of 668 offences over his lifetime.

His criminal record runs to 100 pages and is so long a police force has warned workers not to print it out because it will use too much paper and it’s estimated that his offending has cost the taxpayer a whopping £3 million.

Ryans offences range from sexual assault to theft and include eating expensive meals in restaurants before announcing he couldn’t pay.

His latest crime saw the 62-year-old jailed for 18 months at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to indecent exposure and sexual assault on a woman.

The court heard Ryan was drunk while travelling on a bus to Preston in April when he exposed himself and started urinating in front of horrified passengers.

A woman on the bus reported him to the driver which prompted Ryan to ‘stagger’ towards her, grab her breasts with both hands and squeeze ‘so hard they hurt’.

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The bus was stopped and Ryan got off but then got on another bus and started urinating again.

Defending the serial criminal, Beverley Hackett said there were question marks over his own mental health.

Sentencing him, judge Andrew Jefferies QC said: “You’re 62 and you expose yourself and urinate on a bus. You’re 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.

“In the context of this sentence, your offences are minor for a man of good character, not that I’m undermining the seriousness of sexual assault.

“But 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.”

He said Ryan would serve half of the sentence and be released on licence and supervision after that.