YVES TEMPLES

ACCRINGTON MAN JAILED AFTER EXPOSING HIMSELF ON PUB DANCEFLOOR

A woman on the dance floor of an Accrington town centre pub was shocked to see a man standing with his genitals exposed, a court has heard.

The incident happened on September 16 in the Bees Knees pub in Blackburn Road, Accrington.

A woman was dancing with her friend when she noticed Yves Temples standing near a window with his penis exposed.

She drew her friend's attention to what he was doing and they confronted him and told him it was disgusting, according to the prosecution.

They then alerted the door staff who, after viewing CCTV footage, detained Temples until the police arrived.

Yves Temples, 38, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to indecent exposure, outraging public decency, and possession of cannabis.

He was sentenced to eight weeks in jail and ordered to re-register on the Sex Offender Register for seven years.

The magistrates declined to make a Sexual Harm Prevention Order as requested by the prosecution.

The prosecution noted that the incident occurred in September 2022, and that Temples had previously been convicted of outraging public decency in September 2020 and of indecent exposure in October of the same year.

His lawyer, Gareth Price, argued that the conditions requested in the Sexual Harm Prevention Order were already covered by criminal law and questioned the necessity of such an order.