A pensioner who confessed he had masturbated in front of a female with learning difficulties “between 50 and 60 times” has been locked up.
Pervert David Gardener even tried “buy her silence” by telling her she would not be able to do activities she liked if she told anyone, Leeds Crown Court heard. The 67-year-old admitted three counts of engaging in sexual activity in presence of a mentally-disordered person. The female, who cannot be named for legal reasons, became more withdrawn than unusual until a family member asked her what was wrong, and she confessed.
He told officers that he thought she was “okay” and bizarrely claimed she did not mind him masturbating in front of her. Mitigating, Laura Addy said Gardener was not “deluded” about what he had done and that his best mitigation was perhaps his early guilty pleas and frank confessions he made to the police. She said: “It’s rare you see guilty pleas offered . In those circumstances he has been very candid. He regrets how he behaved and the impact he has had. In short, he says ‘I hate myself’.
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