A decide instructed Nicholas O’Connor, ex-chairman of Swansea’s Plough Colts FC, he was a ‘self-centred particular person’ and jailed him for 2 years
A soccer membership chairman who uncovered himself and sexually assaulted a number of ladies has been locked up and placed on the intercourse offenders register for 10 years.
A decide instructed Nicholas O’Connor he had engaged in “purposeful, deviant sexual conduct” and made himself “a sexual nuisance to ladies”.
Swansea Crown Courtroom heard O’Connor’s sexual offending was carried out in varied areas in Swansea, Carmarthenshire, and Merthyr throughout 2024. For the largest tales in Wales first, signal as much as our each day e-newsletter right here
The 35-year-old uncovered himself to a girl and sexually assaulted her at a marriage venue in Carmarthenshire; tried to kiss a girl in Murton, Gower; uncovered his penis to a girl and sexually touched her at a sports activities venue in Morriston; uncovered himself to ladies working in a store on Merthyr Excessive Avenue; uncovered himself to a younger girl strolling in a road in Morriston; uncovered himself to a girl within the automotive park of the Asda grocery store on Swansea Enterprise Zone; and uncovered himself to a girl within the automotive park of a One Cease store in Morriston.
On the time of the offending the defendant was chairman of Swansea’s Plough Colts FC however now has no affiliation with the membership.
O’Connor had denied the offending, saying the sexual assaults didn’t occur and that he at no time deliberately uncovered himself sexually to ladies, however accepted he could have been scratching his groin space as a consequence of what he known as his “drawback down beneath”.
The courtroom heard that O’Connor had an extended historical past of ache, discomfort, discharges, and “burning” sensations in his penis for which he had sought medical assist, and that for consolation causes he routinely wore shorts moderately than trousers.
Nicholas Wynford Keith O’Connor, previously of Caryl Terrace, Plasmarl, Swansea, however now of Waun Fawr, Cwmrhydyceirw, Swansea, had beforehand been convicted at trial of 12 counts of sexual assault, tried sexual assault, and publicity when he returned to the dock for sentencing.
He has no earlier convictions however was given a hard and fast penalty discover for participating in “lewd and provocative behaviour” on the window of a kebab store in full view of the purchasers inside.
Thomas Stanway, for O’Connor, mentioned that whereas the defendant maintained his innocence he was remorseful if his actions had prompted alarm or misery, and he invited the courtroom to search out there was a sensible prospect of rehabilitation.
He mentioned that following his arrest and conviction the defendant was subjected to a “marketing campaign of abuse” on social media and that consequently had grow to be “considerably of a recluse” who didn’t exit on his personal for worry of repercussions locally.
He mentioned the convictions had already had life-changing penalties not only for the defendant however for his companion and people near him.
Decide Huw Rees mentioned O’Connor had been convicted at trial of 12 offences on what, in his view, was “sure and compelling proof”.
He mentioned the “indiscriminate selection of sufferer”, the shortage of rationality in O’Connor’s behaviour, and the multiplicity of offences and areas have been all regarding, and he described the defendant’s behaviour as “a course of purposeful, deviant sexual conduct”.
The decide mentioned having presided over the trial, he had come to the conclusion that O’Connor was a “self-centred particular person” who had made himself “a sexual nuisance to ladies”.
O’Connor was sentenced to a complete of two years in jail. He’ll serve as much as half the sentence in custody earlier than being launched on licence to serve the rest locally. He can be a registered intercourse offender for the subsequent 10 years.
