Molester's hearing delayed

Lawyers can't obtain a psychiatric report on a busker who molested a girl in a school playground because he is being housed in police cells, a judge has been told.

"He has been in this facility for nearly three weeks, being fed God-knows what and with no ability for exercise or sunlight," lawyer Nick Healy said in the South Australian District Court.

Michael John Molloy, 26, was due to face a sentence hearing on Thursday, but Mr Healy said the matter could not proceed as the defence required him to be psychiatrically assessed.

In August, Judge Wayne Chivell found Molloy guilty of aggravated indecent assault in November 2013 at a Mount Gambier primary school playground.

At the judge-alone trial, Molloy admitted that on the previous night he had searched the internet for child pornography, using terms, including 'I will rape a pre-teen girl today' and 'little nude girls'.

He said he drew pornography and wrote pornographic captions on his guitar and other items on the same night while under the influence of methamphetamine.

Mr Healy said his client, who has been in custody since his arrest in November 2013, was currently being housed in Adelaide's Holden Hill watchhouse.

He said people should only be held there for up to two days and there were no rooms where an assessment could take place.

The lawyers had previously tried to arrange psychiatric appointments at other facilities where Molloy was being housed, but he was twice moved before this could take place.

Describing the situation as "very unsatisfactory", Judge Molloy adjourned the case to December 4 to enable the defence to pursue the matter.