A serial Liverpool Paedophile sex offender, Peter Steinitz, asserted that his juvenile victims “laughed at him” when Peter Steinitz indecently exposed himself to them while they were returning home from school.
Peter Steinitz observed the girls at a McDonald’s and thereafter began to trail them while engaging in a sexual act on himself. The retiree has now accumulated convictions for 20 distinct sexual crimes.
Today, Thursday, Liverpool Crown Court was informed that three companions were strolling near a McDonald’s in south Liverpool in January of this year when they observed the defendant with his trousers lowered, exposing himself to them. Stuart Mills, prosecuting, detailed how they proceeded to a nearby park, where they were pursued by Steinitz, who commenced masturbating.
The pervert carried on with his vile behaviour as he watched them in a play area. One of the youngsters then phoned her mum, who advised them to return to school.
Stenitz, of Dingle Lane, again tailed them there. While their school was closed by the time they had arrived back, the girls were able to report what had happened to a teacher who subsequently called the police.
They had managed to take a picture of the flasher as he followed them, which led to the 67-year-old being identified as the culprit. Under interview, Steinitz claimed he could not remember the incident – but later said his victims were “watching him and laughing at him”.
The teacher described her pupils as being “upset and distressed” following the ordeal. Meanwhile, one of the schoolgirls told officers that she was “disgusted, sad and scared”.
Steinitz has a total of 48 previous convictions for 114 offences, including 19 for sexual offences. Eight of these have been for exposure, with one for outraging public decency and two for gross indecency with a child.
A sexual offences protection order also bans him from “loitering in the vicinity” of public parks. Rachel Oakdene, defending, told the court: “Custody after custody after custody does not seem to abate his offending, and the facts very much speak for themselves.
“He does not have any formal diagnosis, but he believes he does have dementia. It may be coupled with his substance misuse. He is an isolated individual. At the time of the offences, he had recently had two family bereavements.
“Happily, it does not appear there has been any significant long-term impact on these young ladies. They have been able to put this unpleasant incident behind them.”
Steinitz admitted outraging public decency and breaching a sexual offences prevention order. He was jailed for 32 months.
Sentencing, Judge David Hale said: “This is a very serious offence of outraging public decency. They have undoubtedly been affected by what happened.”
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