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  • Man who exposed himself in Sheffield street spared jail

    A Sheffield man was spared jailed for exposing himself to urinate outside a mother and daughter’s house - amid claims by the women that he had, in fact, been committing a sex act for two hours. Haydn Liles, aged 33, of Crossland Place, Gleadless Townend, was caught on camera stood under a streetlamp and exposing himself outside the home shared by the women in August 2023. It was the second night in a row he had reportedly done this, Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard. At his sentencing...

  • Andrew Malkinson says improved DNA tests could have spared him years in jail

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