Sex Offender John Robert Gibson, a serial flasher who repeatedly exposed himself to minors in public, volunteered for a type of “chemical castration” prior to receiving his second extended sentence.
John Robert Gibson, 44, a solitary individual, engaged in self-stimulation in the presence of children at a park within two days following his release from a two-year incarceration for a similar offence.
He now asserts that he will utilise medication to inhibit his aberrant inclinations.
John Robert Gibson hid in bushes in a Middlesbrough park where children aged 10 to 12 were playing, then emerged and exposed himself.
He grabbed the coat of a boy who kicked out at him before escaping.
The children told adults of their ordeal and described the flasher. John Robert Gibson was quickly arrested at a hostel.
John Robert Gibson, of no fixed address, admitted sexual activity in the presence of a child and breaching a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) by having contact with children.
John Robert Gibson had a string of previous convictions and prison sentences for having thousands of indecent images of children, exposing himself and taking part in sexual activity in front of children in 2011, 2014 and 2016, and was already deemed a dangerous offender.
John Robert Gibson was jailed for three years and three months, plus four years’ extra licence.
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