Paedophile caught performing sex act next to Wakefield children's park
Pervert was in his car looking towards children on the playing fields
A paedophile who was given a suspended sentence was then caught performing a solo sex act next to a park as children played.
Vile Glen Russell was spotted by a shocked resident, who began to film him.
The 38-year-old was seen to be repeatedly looking in the direction of the youngsters.
He admitted outraging public decency and was jailed at Leeds Crown Court this week.
The court heard that Russell was given a nine-month suspended sentence at Sheffield Crown Court in July.
He was found to have downloaded hundreds of abuse images and attempted to engage in sexual communications with a child.
But on August 7, at around 8pm, Russell had been to his mother’s home in the Wakefield area before leaving and parking his grey Citroen DS3 next to the play park.
A resident, who heard his car engine idling, looked out of their window and spotted Russell behind the wheel, touching himself and turning his head to where the children were.
Prosecutor Nick Murphy said she then began to film him, before he drove off.
Russell, who is from the Barnsley area but is of no fixed address, was arrested a week later but refused to answer police questions.
He appeared in court over a video link from HMP Leeds where he has been held on remand.
He was not represented but instead read out a letter he had penned in which he apologised.
He said he was having a conversation with a “casual” sexual partner about an upcoming encounter, but claimed he thought nobody could see him.
He said he has been left with shame he has “never experienced before”.
But the judge, Recorder Ruwena Khan, did not believe his claim about not being seen.
She said: “I can’t see how you failed to notice they [the children] were there, in a field next to your car.
“You were looking repeatedly looking to your right, where they were, and I find that significantly concerning.”
She said it was made worse by the fact he was convicted of child sex offences just weeks prior.
She activated his nine-month suspended sentence in full, and gave him an additional two months for the latest offence, meaning a total of 11 months’ jail.
He will remain on the sex offender register and subjected to a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) to curb his internet use.