A flasher exposed himself to a woman through his car window and then nearly knocked down a cyclist as he tried to get away before she took a photo of him.

Ian Stephen Jones was sitting in his car with his trousers down, apparently pleasuring himself when his victim tried to squeeze past the vehicle.

Through the open window she saw what he was up to, and in shock asked him what he thought he was doing.

Jones just laughed at her. But when he saw that she was attempting to take a photograph on her mobile phone, he tried to get away.

Jones, 35, stalled the vehicle in his haste to escape, then reversed along the pavement, narrowly missing a cyclist.

Police managed to catch up with Jones through tracing the vehicle, and on Wednesday he was up before a magistrates in Mold.

The court heard the offence happened on Poplar Road in Wrexham at around 2.40pm on June 30.

Jones admitted careless driving and denied indecent exposure, but was convicted at an earlier hearing.

He was tagged for 12 weeks so that his movements can be continually monitored - a new sentence which is available to courts.

Jones, of Eagles View, Manley Road in Wrexham, was placed on a two year community order. There will be a 12 week continuous monitoring system in place, together with 60 days rehabilitation.

He must register with the police as a sex offender for five years, and was ordered to pay £620 costs and a £90 victim surcharge.

Jones, who had a previous conviction for outraging public decency in 2013, was fined £400 for the careless driving.


In a victim impact statement, the woman told how she was "shocked and disgusted" and had to return home at the time.

It made her feel physically sick, and was worried for her children if people found it acceptable to do such a thing in public, she said.

The location was close to a school although it was not open because it was a Sunday.

Jones gave a no comment interview but in a prepared statement denied indulging in an indecent act or exposing himself.

Jones accepted that he was present in the vehicle and said that he was wearing shorts.


He said he recalled a woman passing and knocking the vehicle wing mirror with a shopping bag

He said he looked at her, she looked at him and he believed she was annoyed at the way he had parked so he drove off.

Defending solicitor Catherine Jagger said the previous offence of outraging public decency was back in 2013 for he had received a six month conditional discharge.

Her client was a man with a positive work ethic, he had worked for a company for 14 years and for his current employers for a short time.

The report gave details of his current girlfriend and there was a compelling letter from his ex-partner, the mother of his three year old child. He also had a six year old.

The shame he felt was phenomenal and the impact of such a conviction would have consequences.

She said she could not stress enough the impact it would have on his employment and the problems that would inevitably flow.

He relied on his driving licence for his work and was one of two who drove all over the country, mainly in the north West.