Serial flasher jailed for 18 months

Monday 17 August 2015

A serial flasher who masturbated in front of two young girls at the West Park Marine Lake has been jailed for 18 months.

Kevin Andrew Lochhead (49) was around two metres away from the 12-year-old and 13-year-old on a sunny day on 9 April. Later that afternoon, two 11-year-olds also saw Lochhead wandering on the rocks naked from the waist down.

When questioned by police, Lochhead first denied being at the beach but later pleaded guilty after CCTV footage showed him driving towards Le Frégate café and he was picked out by one of the girls in an identity parade.

Lochhead also admitted breaching a previous probation and community service order imposed in April 2014 for nine counts of indecent exposure and one count of making indecent images of children.

A police statement said, "The States of Jersey Police take all allegations of a sexual nature seriously and work tirelessly to bring offenders who commit these crimes to justice.

"The sentence given by the Royal Court today is a reflection of the seriousness of the offence and a clear message that this type of offending will not be tolerated by the courts and has no place within our community."

In total, 20 girls have seen Lochhead expose himself in the past two years either at the beach, at bus stops or at Liberation Station. He has 21 previous convictions and was jailed for three months in 2006.

On Friday, the Royal Court sentenced Lockhead for the 2014 and 2015 offences. Defending, Advocate Caitriona Fogarty said he was a "pathetic, very lonely individual who had lost his job, family and all social interaction". She said he would return to his native Scotland when free – where he stood a greater chance of rebuilding his life.