A MAN who stalked two teenagers he "wanted to marry" as they walked home from school has been given a restraining order.

Mohammed Ali was also given a two-year conditional discharge, having been found guilty of stalking the girls last month.

In a trial at Bolton Magistrates Court the girls, aged 14 and 15, told how stranger Mohammed Ali repeatedly drove up and down Rupert Street, Bolton, revving his engine as he passed them to gain their attention.

Then, on March 4, the girls, who gave evidence from behind a screen, said 31-year-old Ali parked his car, got out and followed them, insisting they take a piece of paper with his phone number on it.

"I felt nervous and kind of creeped out," the older girl said, adding that she and her friend were dressed in school uniform and wearing hijabs at the time.

"We asked him to leave. He didn't react. He just kept offering the paper." she said.

But five days later the girls spotted his car again and he was waiting for them after they called at a chip shop on their way home from school.

They told how they tried to walk quickly past his car, but he got out of the vehicle and followed them.

The girls said he asked why they had not called him and the older teenager said he did not leave them alone, even when they pointed out they were high school pupils.

Ali, of South Street, was given a five-year restraining order barring him from contacting either victim.