A 70-year-old migrant sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl “while encouraging her to cover her head”, a court has heard. Chaudhry Zaman kissed the girl and forcibly held her hand while she was walking home from school in Slough, Berkshire. He told jurors he was encouraging the girl to cover her head and telling her how she could do so. Zaman, who followed his sentencing hearing with the assistance of a Punjabi interpreter, was spared a jail sentence, in part because of his age. Judge Amjad Nawaz, describing the incident, told Zaman on Monday: “CCTV shows you holding her hand. She says she did not want to, her hand was forcibly held. “You were seen sitting on a bench with her and that is where she said that you kissed her on her lips,” the judge said. “You claimed you were speaking to her and asking her, encouraging her, to cover her head and you were trying to tell her how she should cover her head.” It was not explained why he was talking to the …