A flasher has been banned from a woodland for outraging public decency after he exposed himself to police officers.
Flinstshire magistrates heard how police in an unmarked car saw Darren Wilcock in their headlights one night, alone, standing naked from the waist down performing a sex act.
When they shouted to him that they were police he pulled up his trousers and hid behind a tree before running off into the darkness.
Two days later the 44-year-old was arrested at his home and admitted a charge of outraging public decency at Penmynydd Woods in Flintshire on the night of November 20 last year.
The court heard Wilcock, of Powell Road in Buckley, had a number of previous convictions for exposing himself.
Wilcock had been in denial in the past but now conceded that he needed assistance, the court was told.
He was placed on a three-year community order with rehabilitation so that he could follow a community sexual group work programme.
Wilcock was also placed on a five-year sexual harm prevention order which prevents him from going within a mile radius of Penymynydd Woods.
He was warned that if he breached the community order then he was likely to be sent to prison.
"Wilcock said he had gone for a walk to lose weight"
Rhian Jackson, prosecuting, said a male and female officer were on duty in an unmarked car just after 9pm when they saw a man running ahead.
He initially stood looking away from them and dropped his trousers exposing his naked buttocks.
He then turned and faced the car, fully exposing himself as he performed a sex act.
The female officer said she was shocked and was concerned that it could have been a family with children in a car who had stopped.
When arrested and interviewed, Wilcock said he had gone for a walk to lose weight and claimed that while he pulled his trousers down he had been facing away from the officers.
But he pleaded guilty when he attended court.
Previous Convictions
Wilcock, the prosecutor said, had previous convictions for exposure in 1999, 2007 and in 2009.
Phillip Lloyd Jones, defending, said his client was extremely disappointed with himself and ashamed because it was seven years since he had last offended.
Wilcock suffered from schizophrenia and he had not received his medication at the time although he normally took it regularly.
Mr Lloyd Jones said: “The absence of the medication may have been a contributory factor."
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