A MAN has pleaded guilty to masturbating by the canal in Stroud.
Simon Clifford Jones, aged 41, of Nympsfield Road, Nailsworth, pleaded guilty to committing an act which outraged public decency on the canal path in Stroud on Monday, February 6.
He admitted the offence when he appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, May 23.
Jones was fined £80 and must also pay a £32 victim services surcharge plus £85 costs - a total of £197.
In March, a sexual harm prevention order was imposed against Jones for five years.
Jones has previously been found guilty of outraging public decency by masturbating near a public footpath in Stroud at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on September 9, 2020.
The order bans Jones from:
1. Entering the canal path adjacent to Dr Newton's Way, Stroud
2. Entering an area on the cycle path at Selsley Hill
3. Entering Woodchester Park
4. Exposing his genitals in any public place
5. Urinating in any public place
The defendant was also required to register with the police in accordance with the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for five years.
A finding was made that the order was 'necessary to protect females when out on their own.'
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