Kevin Andrew Lochhead, from Glasgow, exposed himself to three teenage girls in the play area of the park at around 8.30 pm on 4 August. One of the girls reported the incident to her mother, who in turn contacted the police.
The Royal Court heard that the 51-year-old has numerous previous convictions for flashing, including in 2015 when he was sentenced to community service for exposing himself to more than 20 girls over a period of a year.
He was found guilty of the most recent offences following a trial in the Magistrate’s Court and his case was sent to the Royal Court because of his long history of offending.
Attorney General Robert MacRae, prosecuting, called for a sentence of two years in jail as well as restraining orders preventing Lochhead from approaching young girls or visiting children’s play areas.
He said that Lochhead had ‘no mitigation’ for his case and his not-guilty plea during the Magistrate’s Court trial indicated a lack of remorse for his actions.
‘He put three young girls through the stress of having to attend a trial,’ he said.
Mr MacRae added that Lochhead had a ‘very high risk’ of offending.
Advocate James Bell, defending, said that a sentence of 15 months in jail or 210 hours of community service would be more appropriate. He accepted the Crown’s proposed restraining orders.
‘My client had already spent four months remanded in custody,’ he said.
‘Before that he had a job and relationship and all that is lost now, which is punishment enough.’
During sentencing, Deputy Bailiff Tim Le Cocq said: ‘Your last conviction was in 2015 for a similar offence.
‘You are viewed as at high risk of reoffending and you did not accept culpability for what you did.’
As well as sentencing him to prison, he agreed to impose the requested restraining orders with immediate effect.
Jurats Geoffrey Grime and Robert Christensen were sitting for the case.