Cheshire Police appeal to find wanted flasher Dana Mustapha

Dana Mustapha was jailed for 46 weeks in May for a series of disturbing incidents in Latchford and the town centre, involving threats and public indecency.

One incident saw the exposer ‘run away with hurt pride’ after the woman he flashed ridiculed him for having a penis ‘smaller than those of her dogs’.

Now, Cheshire Police has issued a wanted appeal to trace him, as he is sought on recall to prison.

A spokesman said: “Police are appealing to the public to help to trace a wanted man of Warrington.

“Dana Mustapha, of Latchford, is currently wanted by officers on recall to prison.

“The 34-year-old was last seen on Sunday, November 19, in the Clock Tower Drive area of Liverpool.

“Enquiries to locate him have been ongoing, and officers believe that he may be in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area.

“Mustapha is approximately 5’ 6” tall, with brown eyes and has short black hair.

“Anyone who sees him is urged not to approach him, but to instead call 999 immediately, quoting IML 1695524.”

The Iraqi national, who was assisted at Warrington Magistrates’ Court in May by a Kurdish interpreter, was charged with three counts of exposure.

He also faced counts of threatening behaviour, assault by beating and two of harassment, one of which put the victim in fear of violence.

He pleaded not guilty to each offence but was convicted after a trial during which victims had to relive their ordeal by giving evidence.

Mustapha made threats to a dog walker and exposed himself to them, while he also threatened to kick the victim’s dog and cut his throat and made vile homophobic insults.

Dana Mustapha is wanted by Cheshire Police

He also exposed himself to a woman whom he asked for a cigarette from on New Road in Latchford.

As she approached, he removed his penis from his trousers and started to perform a sex act on himself.

The court heard how the woman ‘burst out laughing’ and told him that both her dogs had a bigger penis than him, causing him to ‘run away with hurt pride’.

She added that is she saw him again she would have ‘launched him’.

A further incident occurred near a children’s play area in Victoria Park, where he pulled his tracksuit pants down and crouched into a squatting position as if he was ‘having a poo’.

The witness described a look of ‘evil excitement’ on the defendant’s face as he ‘reached around as if he was aiming to grab hold of what he had passed to throw it’.

Yet another exposure occurred when Mustapha loitered outside a business in the town centre over a period of months.

He would stare at the owner and customers through the window, and on one occasion he unbuttoned his jeans and exposed himself for ‘sexual thrill’.

He also urinated in the street, in full view of the business, on two occasions, with urine going on the window and brickwork.

While being jailed, he attempted to barter a lower sentence with magistrates on one of the charges and was heard saying: “What have I done to deserve 48 weeks?”

In addition, Mustapha was made to sign the sex offender registration for 10 years and was handed a four-year criminal behaviour order.

This is designed to restrict his ability to commit further offences, and he is banned from entering Victoria Park and entering or loitering at any children’s play area in Warrington.

The defendant is also prohibited from contacting any female in an open public space in Warrington, except any public building or premises, retail premises, sports stadia or licenced premises.