Man guilty of indecent exposure near Torpoint

Summarised from CornwallLive's report · Updated 4 Nov, 22:40 · Archive

Jake McCullum, 22, pleaded guilty to intentionally exposing his genitals to a female motorist in Torpoint on September 15, 2023.

A woman driving through Torpoint in September 2023 spotted a young man standing beside the road with his trousers down and his genitals in his hand. When she stopped her car, he pulled his trousers up and ran away. Devon and Cornwall Police arrested Jake McCullum six days later, and the victim identified him at an identity parade.

McCullum, who was 19 at the time of the incident, was charged with exposure under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for intentionally exposing his genitals intending that someone would see them and be caused alarm or distress. He pleaded guilty on the day of his trial.

At his sentencing hearing at Truro Crown Court on Wednesday, 4 November, the court heard that the victim felt 'angry and shaken' and suffered anxiety walking her dog or shopping. She has had to change her journeys and parking habits for fear of being confronted again. In her victim impact statement, she said she did not want McCullum's life ruined but hoped he understood the impact of his actions.

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• Immature flasher had privates in his hand as lone woman drove pastHis victim, who has been left in fear and had to change her life, picked him out of an identity paradeCornwallLive · 4 Nov, 12:25

In this story: Jake McCullum · Torpoint · Truro Crown Court · Devon and Cornwall Police

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