March 2017

Bus stop flasher locked up after half a century of preying on females

A flasher who has preyed on females in Leeds for more than half a century has been locked up over his latest crime spree targeting victims at bus stops in the city. P

ervert Graham Marsden left victims terrified and afraid to use public transport after approaching young women travelling to work or teenage girls going to school.

Leeds Crown Court heard how they were left repulsed or feared for their safety as Marsden exposed himself or behaved indecently in front of them

On one occasion Marsden preyed on a 15-year-old girl on board a bus.

The pensioner also exposed himself to two young females as he stood next to a war memorial.

Marsden, aged 73, has a history of committing offences of indecent exposure or outraging public decency dating back to 1966.

He was jailed for four-and-a-half years today (March 15) after pleading guilty to six offences of indecent exposure, one of outraging public decency and 13 offences of breach of a sexual offences prevention order.

Marsden, from Armley, was also told he must go on the sex offenders register for life.