Man jailed for vile act

A married father from Pimpama locked eyes with women and moaned as he openly masturbated on busy commuter trains.

Ice user Joel Peter Parfitt rubbed himself “vigorously” through clothing and stuck his hand down his trousers, leaving women and children feeling “uncomfortable” and “disgusted”, a court was told.

Parfitt, who was on parole at the time, has now been banned from travelling on public transport for two years.

He faced Southport Magistrates Court yesterday over five indecent acts on Gold Coast and Brisbane trains between October 4 and January 20. Prosecutor Sergeant Nillin Lynch said Parfitt sat opposite passengers and pleasured himself, making no real effort to hide his offending. Parfitt was sent to prison for an overarching term of four months after already serving 58 days.