A serial sex offender, who has been sentenced to 28 months in jail, admitted "I was unable to control my urges" after flashing a ten-year-old girl near a children's play area.

Laura Ashleigh Mart, who was born male but now identifies as female, had been banned from loitering near play areas and schools under a sexual harm prevention order imposed for previous offences, Lancs Live reports.

But on July 18, 2025, a 10-year-old girl who was playing in Williamson Park, Lancaster, saw "a man with long hair and a green jumper" looking at her. The man exposed his penis and wiggled it at her, before putting it away, Preston Crown Court heard.

The girl was confused and ran to tell her dad and friends what had happened. Another dad searched the park and found Mart - who claimed to be out walking

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