Woman pulls back curtains to see naked man in garden
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Sixty-year-old Francis Murray from Sperrin Drive, Magherafelt, admitted a charge of intentionally exposing his genitals to cause alarm or distress.
Deputy District Judge Noel Dunlop imposed a three-month jail sentence, suspended for three years.
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Hide AdMr Dunlop told Murray at Magherafelt Magistrates Court on Wednesday that he had a “very poor record for offences of this nature”.
He warned him that if he offended again over the next three years the custodial sentence would start off with three months.
Mr Dunlop refused an application by the Public Prosecution Service lawyer for a restraining order as he believed having a suspended sentence “hanging over his head” would be a deterrent.
Counsel pointed out that a similar incident had been witnessed by the same person on a previous occasion.
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Hide AdThe judge said the threat of an immediate custodial sentence was enough for the defendant.
Prosecuting counsel said on August 1 last at approximate five minutes to seven, the woman pulled back her bedroom curtains.
She said the witness saw Murray sitting fully naked in a chair.
He then stood up and walked slowed towards her before going into a shed and coming out five minutes later wearing clothes, the lawyer said.
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Hide AdCounsel said the witness called the police and they arrested Murray for indecent exposure.
She said he told officers that he had been having a bath and had a panic attack and went outside as he thought he was going to pass out.