PARK BENCH PERV TRIES TO AVOID REGISTER
A sleazy pensioner, who repeatedly exposed himself to young girls as they cycled home from school, has fought to avoid being put on the sex offenders register.
Former seaman Stephen Tillier sat on a park bench in Dalgety Bay and “fiddled” with his exposed penis.
On one occasion the girls were accompanied by their mums and police were contacted.
However, Tillier tried to avoid being “stigmatised” by being put on the register.
Tillier, 68, of Carrick Drive, Dalgety Bay, appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
He admitted that on 11th June at Longhill Park, Dalgety Bay, he exposed his genitals to two girls, both aged 12 years, by exposing his penis outside his clothing, touching it and holding it in his hand.
Then on 13th June at the same park, he again exposed his penis to three children and a woman.
The court was told that the girls pass through the park on their way home from school and regularly see Tillier sitting on a bench there.
After seeing Tillier exposing himself one day, a girl said to her friends, “Guys remember to clock it.”
They then observed him with his shorts rolled up and his penis exposed. One girl described him “fiddling” with his penis with his hand as they cycled past him.
Tillier did not say anything but just watched them go past.
Another girl said his penis was “peeking out of his shorts and he was fiddling with it” as he stared at them.
In the second incident at around 3.15pm two mums with their three children were heading home from school.
The kids were on their bikes ahead of their parents. One of the girls saw Tillier with the top of his penis exposed. She described him as “rummaging” and “playing” with it.
The girl then cycled back to her mum and said, “That man showed us his private part”.
The two mums walked past him still sitting on the bench. One of them glanced over and “clearly observed that his genitals were out.”
She was aware that the male was looking at her as they were walking past which made her feel uncomfortable.
The mums and children went to the local police station and the matter was reported.
Defence solicitor Amy Harley attempted to keep Tillier off the register by arguing there was “not a significant sexual element” to the crime.
She said her client was a first offender, had served in the Royal Navy for 23 years before working as a lecturer and tutor.
He had lost his employment during the covid period and became “socially isolated” with alcohol and mental health issues.
The solicitor said he was drinking two bottles of wine a day at the time of the offences. “Being placed on the register stigmatises a person,” she added.
Sheriff Mark O’Hanlon rejected her submissions and put Tillier on the register for two years. He was also put on a supervision order for the same period.
