A stuntman who appeared in Saving Private Ryan and a James Bond movie has been jailed for three years for indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy.

Daniel Lindeman, 34, of Marine Parade, Brighton, was jailed at Southend Crown Court after a jury found him guilty of assaulting the teenager in the changing rooms of Warrior Square swimming pool in Southend.

He was also convicted of abusing the same boy from Southend in the toilets of Asda at Shoebury in Essex.

The court heard how in August 2001 the boy entered the swimming pool changing rooms and saw the defendant performing a lewd act at a urinal.

Lindeman followed the boy into a cubicle where the boy performed a sex act on him.

A year later the pair bumped into each other in Asda at Shoebury.

They went to the toilets where the boy, who had turned 14, was indecently assaulted by Lindeman.

The court was told Lindeman had a previous conviction from 1990 - he had crept inside a tent at an Army cadet camp and put his hand inside the boxer shorts of a sleeping boy.

Essex-born Lindeman got involved in acting after leaving the Army to work as a bodyguard, protecting stars such as Grace Jones, Boyzone and the England football team.

Through his work as a bodyguard he met the cast of Soldier Soldier and asked to become an extra.

He spent two-and-a-half months working on the second series and also appeared in The Bill.

He later found work as an extra in the Hollywood blockbuster Saving Private Ryan, which starred Tom Hanks.

Lindeman also met 007 actor Pierce Brosnan after landing a role as a stuntman in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

He moved to Sussex in February last year after retraining as a hairdresser in Southend and took over The Barber Shop in Portland Road, Hove.

Gary Rutter, defending, told the court his client never used violence against the boy and Lindeman had suffered from homophobic harassment and was claustrophobic.

Lindeman was put on the sex offenders' register for life and banned from working with children for life.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Phil Smith said: "We hope the boy and his family will be able to draw a line under the incident and get on with their lives.

"His family have been very supportive."