A man has been jailed after he followed a group of girls and exposed himself to them.
It happened at around 3pm on February 14th in Moat Road,
Monuzar Hussain Hamza, 34, a stock taker, of no fixed address, followed the four girls, aged between 14 and 15, eventually whistling at them to get their attention.
Police say the girls reported turning around to look at him and as they did so, he exposed himself and was acting indecently.
The girls shouted at him and he ran off, returning to a nearby hotel.
Following a trawl of CCTV in the area and house-to-house enquiries, Hamza was identified as the suspect.
He was arrested within 48 hours and charged with exposure.
He initially denied the charge, however he later changed his please to guilty after overwhelming evidence was produced against him.
At Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 14 April, he was sentenced to 26 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay costs totalling £442. He was also put on the sex offenders register for a period of seven years.
Detective Constable Paul Hudson, of Crawley Investigations, said:
“I’d like to commend the young girls in this case who were quick to report the incident and provide evidence to secure a conviction against Hamza. Upon his release he will be managed by a specialist team who deal with convicted sex offenders.
“His actions were completely unacceptable and this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated – this is reflected by the immediate custodial sentence handed out by magistrates.”
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