A Felixstowe man who was seen publicly 'swinging his penis about' in Trimley has been handed a two year suspended jail term.

Jack Corrie, of Wheelwrights, Trimley St Mary, initially denied committing six offences against five adult women over 10 days in August 2019, before changing his plea.

Although 22-year-old Corrie tried to go back on his guilty plea, he was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday, May 4.

The warehouse worker who was seen by the women committing the acts, which included simulating masturbation with a bottle.

The court heard how a woman was out walking in Trimley St Martin on August 12 when she saw Corrie and said hello. He nodded but when she saw Corrie again he had his penis out of his trousers and was masturbating, which eft the woman "alarmed and shocked".

Four days later, on August 16, 2019, another woman was out walking at 7.30am when she saw Corrie who had exposed his penis and was "swinging it about", said Duncan O'Donnell for the prosecution. 

On August 20, 2019, Corrie was seen in Trimley by a woman simulating masturbation with a bottle around 7.45am. 

Around 15 minutes later on the same day, he was seen again nearby with a bottle simulating masturbation. 

Two more offences were committed on August 22 when Corrie was seen pretending to masturbate on two separate occasions during the day. 

All the victims were able to positively identify Corrie, the court heard. 

Corrie was arrested on September 25 but denied the offences in police interview. 

However, he did admit that he was the person in the video footage taken by some of the victims. 

Victim impact statements from two victims were read to the court by Mr O'Donnell, and they both said they felt "uneasy and nervous" about walking following the incidents. 

The court heard that Corrie had eight previous convictions for 14 offences but none were of a sexual nature. 

In October 2021, he pleaded guilty to two counts of intentionally exposing his genitals in public with intent to cause alarm or distress, and four counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

Ian Persaud, mitigating, said Corrie has recently become a father, and had matured as a person since 2019. 

Judge Emma Peters handed Corrie 24 weeks' imprisonment, suspended for two years and ordered to pay £800 in court costs. . 

Corrie must also complete 80 hours of unpaid work, 30 rehabilitation activity days, the Horizon programme and sign the sex offenders' register for seven years.