COURGETTE PERVERT’S PRIVATES WERE HANGING OUT ON THE BEACH
Horror in Welsh seaside town
A PERVERT “addicted to flashing” has been jailed after he exposed himself on a crowded beach.
Serial sex offender Geoffrey Chambers, 67, was spotted at Barry Island in south Wales, stroking himself near a group of teenage girls.
The defendant had just been released from prison for an offence involving shoving a courgette down the front of his leggings and simulating a sex act in front of horrified shoppers in Hereford.
Stroking
Jeffrey Jones, prosecuting, told Newport Crown Court how Chambers’ offence in Barry took place on a sunny afternoon on June 13.
He said: “Two members of the public approached police officers on the promenade and complained about the defendant’s behaviour on the very crowded beach where there were thousands of people.
“They had been told about him by a father who was there with his wife and young children.
“The defendant was wearing sunglasses and loose fitting shorts and was exposing his testicles and purposely stroking himself near a group of eight teenage girls on the sand.
“He saw him stroking himself about four times in 20 minutes.
“The father was very disgusted and very angry.
“The police snuck up behind the defendant and saw that his genitals were exposed from his shorts.”
Chambers tried to get away from the officers but was arrested.
Mr Jones said Chambers was a serial flasher who had 16 previous convictions for 43 offences dating back to the early 1980s.
The court heard how Chambers had exposed himself at other Welsh tourist resorts like Tenby and Trecco Bay in Porthcawl.
Chambers, of Old Cwmbran, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency and being in breach of a sexual harm prevention order which banned him from wearing shorts in public.
Representing Chambers, Rosamund Rutter said: “He has tried to explain his behaviour by saying he does it when he is in a low mood and wants to cheer himself up.
“The defendant knows he needs help and if he continues his offending he will end up serving lengthier prison sentences.”
Jailing Chambers for 22 months, Judge Catherine Richards told him: “You are addicted to exposing yourself.”