A CONVICTED sex offender, who preyed on a 15-year-old schoolgirl and a woman in her own workplace, has lost his bid to appeal his five-year, three-month jail term.

Mildura man Cameron O'Brien lodged the appeal before the Supreme Court on the grounds that sentencing Judge Frances Hogan had made an error when evaluating his prospects of rehabilitation as "guarded" and that the non-parole period of ...