A SEX pest has been warned he is facing jail time after he acted out his “pornographic fantasy” by molesting a young woman he was giving a massage to.

Masseur, Graham Stannard, 47, repeatedly touched the “attractive” half-naked 25 year-old woman between her legs, claiming he was encouraged by her moans of what he thought was pleasure.

However, the woman insisted she did not consent and her involuntary moans were a response to Stannard massaging her painful sciatica - caused by an irritated nerve.

A jury at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court rejected Stannard’s claim he honestly believed the woman was consenting and found him guilty of two counts of sexual assault.

Stannard, of Fleetwood Avenue, Westcliff, was bailed until March 28 for sentencing.

As he adjourned sentencing, Judge John Lodge told him: “You have been found guilty of two very serious offences and custody is a very realistic option and you must prepare yourself for that.”

The trial heard that Stannard, the boss of Healing Zen Massage and a practitioner of Zen-Su deep release massage, had a therapy room in a beauty salon in Bedford Hill, Balham, south London.

After reading his positive online reviews the woman, who has a high-pressure desk job, booked an appointment to receive a massage on August 2, 2020.

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The jury viewed her recorded police statement in which she said: “When I removed my mask he said: ‘Wow. You’ve got such a lovely smile,’ and I thought that was the first thing out of place.”

She stripped-down to her knickers and lay face-down on the massage table as Stannard began.

The jury was told that he said: “It’s really nice you are making those noises. I’d like to hear more of them.”

The woman told the trial that Stannard put his hand between her legs after massaging her hip area.

“He just went for it and touched me four times or something, quite hard under my knickers so it was not a mistake,” she said.

“I started moving my bum and hips away, but it didn’t deter him and I thought: ‘What the f***?’ “I thought: ‘F***, he’s going to do it again,’ and this time he really went for it.

“He asked me to turn over. I was topless and he looked stoked, so happy with eyes wide open, buzzing.

“He said: ‘You’ve got such an amazing body,’ he was ecstatic and said he was going to do my front and I thought he would do something worse.”

She said Stannard hastily concluded the massage then tried to discuss it with her.

He went on to hug the victim and invite her out for dinner, as well as allegedly making attempts to kiss her.

Stannard did not deny touching the victim between her legs when questioned by police.

Prosecutor Warwick Tatford told the jury: “He just fancied her and couldn’t resist sexually assaulting her.

“It was quite a forceful massage and she made noises when he hit a painful spot. She talks about moaning, but not with a sexual meaning.

“He started imitating what she was saying, like it was turning into some sort of pornographic fantasy.

“The defendant seems to have been caught up in the excitement of it all and acting out a sexual pleasure.”