A man who indecently assaulted his workmate with a vivid marker pen has been sentenced to community work and warned he could go to jail if he offends in the same manner again.
The man, who was 18 at the time of the incident, appeared for sentencing in the Napier District Court yesterday.
The court heard that the defendant and two other colleagues, all electricians from Hamilton, were working in Hawke's Bay and staying at the Valdez Motor Lodge in Hastings in December last year.
The trio were drinking heavily into the early hours of the morning after completing a job when one of the men vomited in the bathroom and had to have a shower to clean up.
The man changed and then consumed more alcohol before play-fighting ensued between himself and the defendant.