February 2015 Pensioner detained in hospital under Mental Health Act over child sex offences A Huddersfield pensioner has appeared in court over child sex offences. And now the man who exposed himself to children in Holmfirth has been ordered to be detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act. Roy Shaw, 68, was unfit to plead to charges against him but was tried by a jury atLeeds Crown Court last year who found he did the acts alleged going back to 2013. Those involved two offences of indecent exposure, four of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and two of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. The jury heard Shaw, who has no legs, would be outside his home in Field Road, Holmfirth in a wheelchair or going around the local area and parks in a mobility scooter when he exposed himself or asked children if they wanted to touch his penis. The court heard today that since the finding against him Shaw has been in hospital being assessed and psychiatrists have concluded he suffers from front temporal dementia which has caused a personality change. Judge Sally Cahill QC ordered he be detained under section 37 of the Mental Health Act and that it be without time limit under section 41. A bed is available for him at a hospital in Blackburn.