Jail too harsh for sex offender

A sex attacker who dragged a woman through a playground during ‘terrifying’ sexual assault has avoided jail after High Court judges agreed that prison would be too harsh. Nicholas Philip, 34, brutally attacked a women in a children’s adventure playground, near his home in Bermondsey, dragging her to the floor and groping her buttocks. The woman, who has not been identified, thought he was going to kill her and was only able to escape after she bit him on the…