The former Deputy Director General for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has admitted committing three sexual assaults at a Wiltshire pub.
Appearing at Swindon Magistrates’ Court today (9 February), Thomas Cadman pleaded guilty to attacking two women in three assaults at The Red Lion in Castle Eaton.
Prosecutor Pauline Lambert said the 42-year-old, who lives less than a mile from the pub, in Blackford Lane, visited the establishment on 29 August last year.
Cadman grabbed his first victim by her buttocks with both hands and squeezed as he passed her in a doorway. Moments later, he did the same again but with less force.
He approached a second woman near the toilets and asked if her husband had gone in. He went on to grab her buttocks before he was pushed away.
Despite being told the stop, he then grabbed her face by her cheeks and pulled her head towards him.
The victim told the landlord about the ordeal and he spoke to the defendant about his behaviour before telling him he must apologise and leave the pub.
Cadman went over to his victim, who was with her husband following the incident and offered to buy them both a drink to make up for it. But the couple declined.
As he walked away, he stroked her buttocks – and this was witnessed by another pubgoer.
No mitigation was provided and the case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report. Cadman, a qualified solicitor, will return to the same court for sentencing in March.
