A Bellambi perve caught masturbating on a train on Boxing Day is the second Illawarra man in a week to admit performing a sex act on public transport.
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John Anthony Smith, 24, was charged with obscene exposure and committing an act on indecency after female passengers on the 6.24am train from Dapto to Bondi reported seeing Smith repeatedly pleasuring himself as he stared at them.
Court documents said Smith moved from seat to seat, masturbating his penis to erection in front of a number of women.
Smith admitted his guilt in court on Tuesday by entering pleas to both charges.
It comes a week after Wollongong man Shane Brennan made headlines around the world after he was caught on CCTV camera receiving oral sex from a female passenger onboard a Port Kembla train on December 14 last year.
Brennan used a bottle of cola to clean his genitals after the sexual encounter.
Meantime, court documents in Smith’s case reveal he did not speak to any of the women during the bizarre display but stared at them while performing the acts.
One of the women contacted police, who met the train at Waterfall Railway Station a short time later.
The women provided details to officers at the time then gave them a written statement the following day.
Police obtained CCTV footage of the incident, however, when unable to identify Smith from their records, were forced to put out a plea for help via Facebook.
The post included still photos of Smith walking along the platform.
The accused acknowledged it was him in the footage but stated he could not remember the incident at all
- Police fact sheets
The court heard Smith surrendered to police the following day, providing his full details and admitting he was the male depicted in the images.
When asked about the incident, Smith said he could not remember it at all, however was happy to let officers photograph the shoes and the hat he had been wearing.
He was taken to Wollongong Police Station by declined to be formally interviewed after receiving legal advice.