Man jailed after flashing at girls from his bedroom window

Stephen Jackson, 51, flashed at young girls from a bedroom window at his home in Penistone, near Barnsley, once in July 2010 and again in March 2011.

Sheffield Crown Court heard that Jackson, of Sheffield Road, had finished a prison sentence imposed for possession of extreme porn only a few weeks before the July incident.

Jeremy Hill-Baker, prosecuting, told the court police found 14,350 indecent images of children on his computer, some at the worst level of indecency.

Jailing Jackson, Judge Michael Murphy said: “One of the girls said she was freaked out, depressed and disgusted by what she saw.”

The judge said he hoped a jail term would lead to treatment. “There must be something done about this type of behaviour before it escalates,” he said.

Jackson was given a new Sex Offenders Prevention Order and told to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register.