A SMIRKING flasher who exposed himself to a jogger down an alleyway has walked free from court.

Michael Slavin, from Padgate, left his victim ‘nauseous, angry and humiliated’ after his daybreak attack.

Warrington Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday, March 29, that the woman was out running in Lymm on a Tuesday morning in June last year.

At around 7.15am, she entered a back alley between Sandy Lane and Mill Lane – heading in the direction of farmers’ fields – when she saw the defendant in the back garden of his grandma’s house wearing a dressing gown while smoking and drinking a cup of coffee.

The 25-year-old, of King George Crescent, then stepped into her path and exposed himself and ‘smirked’ and she passed and ‘ran away as fast as she could’.

A statement read out to the court on her behalf said: “I felt nauseous, distressed, angry and humiliated that this happened to me.

“Since that day when he tried to intimidate me, I have been left feeling unsafe and paranoid when out on my own.

“I’m scared that something similar will happen, or worse.

“I don’t class myself as an angry person, but I feel so much anger towards him.

“The whole incident left me feeling more traumatised than I’ve ever felt before.”

Slavin, who has no previous convictions, was found guilty of exposure after a trial but was acquitted of a second count of the same charge over an incident the previous day.

Defending, Lesley Herman told magistrates: “It’s never going to be repeated.

“He’s not going to go out without underwear on, even on a very hot day.

“He does not believe he’s done anything wrong but it’s not necessarily an attitude the courts need to change.

“This is really a minor, isolated incident – he’s someone who has never been in trouble before and should be treated as such.”

Slavin was handed a two-year community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 35 days.

He was also given a five-year restraining order and told to six the sex offenders’ register for the same period.

Sentencing, magistrates panel chairman Paul Chadwick said: “She is traumatised, distressed, intimidated, can’t relax, is looking over her shoulder and has disturbed sleep because of your actions.

“It’s a humiliation that this lady has felt.

“If you breach this order, you will be brought back to court and you could face a custodial sentence.

“This reflects the serious nature of the offence.”

Court costs of £400 and £200 in compensation, plus a £95 victim surcharge, were imposed.