Flasher caught by police officer exposing himself outside Swadlincote Health Centre

A 24-year-old man who exposed himself outside a Swadlincote health centre has been jailed for more than seven months.

Benjamin Dakin committed the indecent act at the side of Swadlincote Health Centre just weeks after he was made the subject of a suspended sentence, a court heard.

Dakin, of Thornley Street, Burton, appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court where he admitted intentionally exposing himself at Swadlincote Health Centre, in Civic Way, on April 9.

He also admitted breaching a suspended sentence originally made for sending an electronic message which was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.

Dakin has been jailed for 30 weeks after magistrates discovered he had committed the offence within weeks of receiving a suspended sentence order made on March 19.

He was also ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge.

Derbyshire Police said after the case that the offence took place at the side of the building, adjacent to the police station, and a police officer had spotted Dakin.

It is believed no patients at the centre would have seen Dakin committing the act.

A spokesman for Derbyshire Police said: “Benjamin Dakin was seen sexually exposing himself in a way that would cause alarm and distress to anyone who saw it.

“He was spotted by someone at Swadlincote Police Station and was quickly arrested nearby.

“Such behaviour will not be tolerated and the charge illustrates that we will take action against anyone who commits acts such as this in a town centre or any other location in Derbyshire.”