Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Man 'breaches order banning him from dressing like a schoolgirl in public'




Peter Trigger, 62, was given a five-year ASBO in December 2008 banning him from wearing a skirt or showing bare legs on school days between 8.30am and 10am and between 2.45pm and 4pm.
Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard that Trigger, from Thorplands, Northampton, was alleged to have been near a school in the town in June wearing a girl’s school uniform - including a skirt, and a Northampton Academy blazer.


Colin McGregor, prosecuting, said Trigger had been charged with breaching the first condition of his ASBO which bans him from wearing a skirt.


Mr McGregor said: ‘He was described as wearing a girl’s school uniform with the distinctive bright blue Northampton Academy blazer in the particular area at the relevant time.’
Trigger, who appeared in court wearing a black wig, denied breaching his ASBO and has elected for a trial at the magistrates’ court next year.


He had been given a suspended sentence for flashing in February 2009, but was jailed in October 2010 when Northampton magistrates changed the sentence to eight weeks’ imprisonment.
He was released from jail last November after High Court judges said it was wrong to have locked him up for indecent exposure.


Trigger is also prohibited from acting in a manner likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.