Leigh Park sex pest who stalked woman and exposed himself in public is spared jail

Pervert Daniel Barnett, 33, of Dunsbury Way, exposed his genitals in the area on February 18 and another occasion. He also stalked a woman between October 27 last year and February 22.

The defendant was spared jail at Portsmouth Crown Court but was handed an 18-month community order and put on the sex offenders register for five years. He must register at the police station during this time. 

Barnett was also given a five-year sexual harm prevention order which dictates that he cannot approach women in the street or follow them, and is not allowed to observe women changing their clothes - apart from his partner. He must not contact the woman he stalked. 

A Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson previously said: "Following a number of enquires and a concerted effort from the Criminal Investigation Department and the Neighbourhood Enforcement Team, Daniel Barnett was arrested and subsequently charged with two counts of indecent exposure and stalking without distress.”