OFFENDER EXPOSES HIMSELF TO PARAMEDIC IN HUDDERSFIELD TOWN CENTRE
A man exposed himself to a paramedic who was helping him after he collapsed, a court heard.The woman had found Nicholas Dalton passed out on a stairway at Kirklees Council offices in Huddersfield town centre.
Dalton, 21, pleaded guilty to a charge of intentionally exposing his genitals with the intent of someone seeing them and being caused alarm or distress.
The incident happened at the council offices on Market Street on July 6.
The court heard that the female rapid response officer attended there at 3.30pm.
Prosecutor Vanessa Jones said: “He was laid on the stairs and she tried to wake him.
He turned over and placed both arms in his trousers and began to play with his genitals.
The court heard that as the paramedic asked him to stop Dalton smirked at her, exposed and touched himself while staring at the woman.
Mrs Jones said that she walked away and called police while Dalton was later treated at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
Dalton, who appeared in court in custody, was already on bail for other offences.
These are due to be dealt with by Leeds magistrates on July 15 and the bench sent the Huddersfield case there to be heard at the same time.
