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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nA man has been jailed once again for masturbating in front of women on trains just 12 days after his prison release.\n\nJames Gathercole, 40, ‘fully exposed himself and began masturbating’ on a train from London to East Grinstead on July 15.\n\nWhile doing so, he continuously stared at a woman until she got off the train at Upper Warlingham.\n\nOfficers boarded the train at East Grinstead, found Gathercole asleep on board and arrested him.\n\nHe pleaded guilty to two counts of exposure and being in breach of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and his prison release licence last week.\n\nGathercole was in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and prison release licence conditions.\n\nJames Gathercole, 40, ‘fully exposed himself and began masturbating’ on a train from London to East Grinstead (Picture: British Transport Police/SWNS)\n\nOfficers boarded the train and arrested him (Picture: British Transport Police/SWNS)\n\nIn July 2024 he was jailed and handed the SHPO for exposing himself to women on trains and masturbating in two separate incidents on May 26.\n\nThe SHPO banned him from making any form of contact with lone women, and using public transport without a payment method.\n\nGathercole also breached the conditions of his prison release licence six days earlier by not being inside his home after 7pm.\n\nThe second count of exposure for which he was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on February 2 related to another incident when he exposed himself and masturbated on a train in south London on June 4 2024.\n\nGathercole pleaded guilty to two counts of exposure and being in breach of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO (Picture: BTP/PA Wire)\n\n##  Latest London news\n\n  * How a single phone call led police to the heart of London's gang violence\n\n  * Moment £100,000 statue of boxer Teddy Baldock ripped down by masked thieves\n\n  * Man, 23, plunges five floors to death 'looking out for pizza delivery'\n\n\n\n_**To get the latest news from the capital visit Metro's** London news hub._\n\nBritish Transport Police Detective Constable Jean-Pierre Choolhun said: ‘It is entirely right that, following our investigation, James Gathercole is now back in custody.\n\n‘There is absolutely no place for this sickening behaviour in our society.\n\n‘We take all reports of sexual offending extremely seriously, and this case demonstrates that commitment.\n\n‘Our officers acted immediately, intercepting the train and arresting Gathercole shortly after the report was made.’\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Train masturbator woken up by police after exposing himself to lone women for third time"
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