A 58-year-old who indecently exposed himself in front of children playing in woods has been jailed.
On Saturday (March 9), Alan Mercer asked girls to stand guard while he went to urinate.
Having then told the victims he had finished, they turned around to find Mercer with his trousers around his ankles in the area close to Lockeyer Park in Burnley.
Following CCTV enquiries, police arrested Mercer a day later.
He was charged with exposure on Monday this week and appeared at Blackburn Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
Mercer, formerly of Astley Street, Dukinfield, was jailed for 26 weeks and was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for seven years.
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: “We do not tolerate behaviour of this nature and we will do everything in our power to identify the offender and put them before the courts.”
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