A pair of ’chavs’ who had sex with two 14-year-old girls at a sleepover party plied after plying them with drink and drugs have been sent on a sex offenders’ course.

Mark Allen and Lee Pollard gave the girls amphetamines and sent out for condoms during the party at a seafront flat in Dawlish which turned into an orgy.

The girls had already been drinking before the men arrived unexpectedly at midnight. They brought more alcohol and amphetamines which they shared with the girls.

They ordered condoms and more alcohol from an all night delivery company at 3.20 am. Pollard had full sex with one girl and Allen had oral sex with both.

After the case the detective in charge of the inquiry praised the courage of the victims, who have both suffered online trolling on social media.

Pollard, aged 26, of Higher Union Road, Torquay, and Allen, aged 26, of Teign View Chudleigh Knighton, both denied sexual activity with a child but Pollard was found guilty of one offence and Allen of two by a jury at Exeter Crown Court last month.

They were both jailed for 15 months, suspended for two years and ordered to attend a sex offenders’ course by Judge Graham Cottle. Allen was also ordered to do 125 hours unpaid community work and ten hours rehabilitation activities.

He told them:"You should never have been in that position. You should have turned around and walked out and not got involved in what turned into something of an orgy.

"You knew they were only 14. I have read their victim impact statements. They clearly are remorseful for what happened that night and feel ashamed of the way they behaved. It has had a great effect on their young lives.

"They must accept a degree, an I underline the word degree, of responsibility for how this evening worked out. It would be quite wrong to see these sentences as any sort of criticism of the girls or condoning of your actions."

During the trial the jury heard how both girls lied to their parents about having a sleepover at each others’ houses and instead went to the flat of the 22-year-old older sister of a third schoolmate.

They had all been drinking and messing around in bikinis before Pollard and Allen turned up around midnight with cans of lager and amphetamines, which they used to make ’bombs’.

Pollard went on to have full sex with one girl and Allen had oral sex with both. They sent out for more alcohol and condoms during the night, which were ordered by Allen and paid for by Pollard.

The men initially denied any sexual contact but in court said they believed both girls were well over 16, despite evidence from both that they had told them their age.

During the trial the father of one of the victims said he had been livid when he learned what had happened. He said his daughter described the men as ’baseball cap and gold chain wearing chavvy types’.

Mr Nicholas Fridd, for Pollard, said the offence happened at a time when he had separated temporarily from his partner and was living a chaotic life.

He has turned his life around in the two years since the offence. He has returned to his family, and was retraining to be a quantity surveyor when he suffered serious leg injuries in a road accident which have confined him to a wheelchair.

Mr Rupert Taylor, for Allen, said he is keen to receive help from the probation service to tackle a drink problem.

He said the girls had already been drinking before the two men arrived at the party and they had not used drink or drugs to facilitate the offence.

After the verdicts Detective Constable David Piper, of Teignmouth CID, said:"There are no winners in a case like this. There are adverse effects on all involved in one way or another.

"I would like to express my admiration for the victims of this crime. Their courage and fortitude has been inspiring and it has been a privilege to work on this case.

"I have had brought to my attention disparaging comments which have been posted on social media sites. These children are victims of a sexual offences which happened after they were plied with alcohol and drugs.

"They should be considered as victims and they are entitled by law to lifelong anonymity, which includes any postings on social media."