Sunday, January 18, 2015
No charges against teenager who pretended to be a doctor at Florida hospital for about a month
Hospital staff and police have opted not to pursue charges against a teenager who, they say, masqueraded as a doctor for a month at a West Palm Beach, Florida, facility before being found out.
According to police documents, authorities were called to St. Mary’s Medical Center on Tuesday by the staff after a patient reported that “a child was dressed as a doctor.”
The patient said the 17-year-old was dressed in a white lab coat with a St. Mary’s logo and the word “anesthesiology” embroidered on the front.
The report said the young man, whose name was not released, was wearing a “stethoscope around his neck and a face mask.”
Dr. Sebastian Kent, an ob-gyn, said he encountered the teen as he tended to a patient that the teen had called “his wife.” “He was wearing a lab coat, a white coat very similar to a doctor’s coat,” Kent said. “Initially and certainly looking back retrospectively, I thought you know this person looks so young. … And I just [thought]: ‘Boy, they’re getting out of med school really quickly now.” Kent said that they did not talk medicine and that at no point did he see the teen administer to any patients. An hour later, he said the teen left him a Post-It note asking that the ob-gyn give him a call.
Kent said that when he did reach him over the phone, the teen asked to follow him as an “intern” in the office and hospital. When Kent sought details about the teen’s schooling, he said the teen was ambiguous. “Every minute there was a different school. He was from one place, then he was from someplace else,” Kent said. “The story started to get a little more vague. … He did remind me of the kids that I tutor in high school. Just the kind of language he used. … Just his way of expressing himself.” Kent said he did not call the police but a while after that conversation, he saw the teen outside surrounded by three or four police officers.
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The police report said the teen said that he’d been a doctor for “years” and that his family knew about it. In a statement, the hospital said: “On January 13, an individual was detained by security at St. Mary’s Medical Center after falsely presenting himself as a physician. The individual never had contact with any hospital patients and did not gain access to any patient care areas of the hospital at any time. The hospital immediately notified local authorities, who took the individual into custody, and we are cooperating with their ongoing investigation. The safety and security of patients is our highest priority.” The child was released into the custody of his mother, who told police that the child was under the care of a doctor but refused to take medication.
Dr. Sebastian Kent, an ob-gyn, said he encountered the teen as he tended to a patient that the teen had called “his wife.” “He was wearing a lab coat, a white coat very similar to a doctor’s coat,” Kent said. “Initially and certainly looking back retrospectively, I thought you know this person looks so young. … And I just [thought]: ‘Boy, they’re getting out of med school really quickly now.” Kent said that they did not talk medicine and that at no point did he see the teen administer to any patients. An hour later, he said the teen left him a Post-It note asking that the ob-gyn give him a call.
Kent said that when he did reach him over the phone, the teen asked to follow him as an “intern” in the office and hospital. When Kent sought details about the teen’s schooling, he said the teen was ambiguous. “Every minute there was a different school. He was from one place, then he was from someplace else,” Kent said. “The story started to get a little more vague. … He did remind me of the kids that I tutor in high school. Just the kind of language he used. … Just his way of expressing himself.” Kent said he did not call the police but a while after that conversation, he saw the teen outside surrounded by three or four police officers.
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The police report said the teen said that he’d been a doctor for “years” and that his family knew about it. In a statement, the hospital said: “On January 13, an individual was detained by security at St. Mary’s Medical Center after falsely presenting himself as a physician. The individual never had contact with any hospital patients and did not gain access to any patient care areas of the hospital at any time. The hospital immediately notified local authorities, who took the individual into custody, and we are cooperating with their ongoing investigation. The safety and security of patients is our highest priority.” The child was released into the custody of his mother, who told police that the child was under the care of a doctor but refused to take medication.
Flight delayed for two hours after fight broke out in the cockpit between pilot and engineer
An Air India pilot and the flight engineer who signed off on the plane's airworthiness, had a 'disagreement' in the cockpit and came to blows, with the plane loaded with passengers and ready for takeoff. As a result, the plane stood on the tarmac for over two hours before a replacement pilot was called in to handle the flight.
On Saturday morning, AI 143 was scheduled to take off from Chennai to Delhi and from there on to Paris.
When the plane had arrived in Chennai from Mumbai, the pilot, identified as Captain Manik Lal, had landed and asked the engineering team to fix a minor snag in the plane before he began the long haul run, "When he returned, the engineer is believed to have said that it would be fine and certified the plane ready to fly. The pilot was not happy about this and refused to take off unless the fault was rectified. This boiled into an argument which ended in fisticuffs," said an airport source. At 9.45am, the incident triggered a protest from the flight engineers and ground staff who rallied against the pilot.
"They demanded that he come out and apologise or they not allow the plane to go. We intervened and got him to leave the cockpit and escorted him to the airport terminal," said a CISF official. Kannan, the flight engineer is believed to have sustained minor bruises. Along with other engineers, they are believed to have spoken to the police to file a complaint against the pilot, "The matter is being discussed but no formal complaint has been given yet," said an official at the Airport S2 Police Station. In damage control mode AI quickly mobilied a back-up pilot, Captain Krishnakumar and somehow managed to have the flight operate by 11.45am.
"We have managed to operate the flight without any additional issues. The engineers are cooperating with us," said an Air India spokesperson. Though airline sources have described the pilot as having had similar run-ins with staff in the past, pilots and colleagues have rallied behind him, "He is a very straightforward pilot who takes flying by the book very seriously. It remains to be seen what the real issue was, " said another Air India pilot, associated with the Madras Flying Club. Air India also said that a formal complaint has been lodged with the DGCA and a detailed enquiry will be held, "For now he is off the roster, and will not be cleared to fly until the investigation is done. No such action has been taken on the other party as of now," said the spokesperson.
When the plane had arrived in Chennai from Mumbai, the pilot, identified as Captain Manik Lal, had landed and asked the engineering team to fix a minor snag in the plane before he began the long haul run, "When he returned, the engineer is believed to have said that it would be fine and certified the plane ready to fly. The pilot was not happy about this and refused to take off unless the fault was rectified. This boiled into an argument which ended in fisticuffs," said an airport source. At 9.45am, the incident triggered a protest from the flight engineers and ground staff who rallied against the pilot.
"They demanded that he come out and apologise or they not allow the plane to go. We intervened and got him to leave the cockpit and escorted him to the airport terminal," said a CISF official. Kannan, the flight engineer is believed to have sustained minor bruises. Along with other engineers, they are believed to have spoken to the police to file a complaint against the pilot, "The matter is being discussed but no formal complaint has been given yet," said an official at the Airport S2 Police Station. In damage control mode AI quickly mobilied a back-up pilot, Captain Krishnakumar and somehow managed to have the flight operate by 11.45am.
"We have managed to operate the flight without any additional issues. The engineers are cooperating with us," said an Air India spokesperson. Though airline sources have described the pilot as having had similar run-ins with staff in the past, pilots and colleagues have rallied behind him, "He is a very straightforward pilot who takes flying by the book very seriously. It remains to be seen what the real issue was, " said another Air India pilot, associated with the Madras Flying Club. Air India also said that a formal complaint has been lodged with the DGCA and a detailed enquiry will be held, "For now he is off the roster, and will not be cleared to fly until the investigation is done. No such action has been taken on the other party as of now," said the spokesperson.
Metal rod lodged in man's head after attack
People in a petrol station at Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, got the fright when a man walked in at around midnight on Saturday with a metal bar sticking out of his head.
Police say the 23-year-old was assaulted in Katikati at around midnight.
"I was like, 'Man is this a TV show? Is this guy for real?'" says Katikati Caltex owner Lester Gray. "It looked like a Halloween stunt where people wear those Halloween costumes over their heads, but it was pretty real when he turned around and blood was coming down the side of his head."
That's when what seemed to be a prank became real for customers and staff at a Caltex service station in Katikati. "He just walked in with the rod in his head and I was just like, 'Is that a drum stick in your head?'" says witness Dylan Shea. "And he was like, 'Nah, it's a rod.'" The man was allegedly attacked while he was parked up in his car on a suburban street. Police say he was punched in the head and hit with the steel rod. "The sharp part of the tyre iron was in his temple," says Mr Shea. "He's real lucky, lucky that it didn't go any deeper."
Incredibly, the victim was able to drive himself to a petrol station about four blocks away. "I don't think he realised he was so hurt," says Mr Gray. "But as you can see he was pretty nasty." It was so nasty that customers couldn't quite believe what they were seeing. Mr Shea was at the counter when the victim approached staff for help. He and his friends had just popped into the petrol station for a pie but got much more than that. "All my other mates were freaking out. I stayed reasonably calm, but they don't really like that gory stuff."
But remarkably the victim kept his cool. He even asked staff to phone police instead of an ambulance. "He was pretty calm," says Mr Shea. "He wasn't freaking out or anything. He knew what had gone wrong and he said he knew his first-aid and that, so he didn't try to rip it out or anything." Police said they are making progress in their investigation and were talking to witnesses to the incident. As for the victim, the steel rod has been removed from his head and he's now in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital.
With news video, including footage of the man wandering around with the bar sticking out of his head.
That's when what seemed to be a prank became real for customers and staff at a Caltex service station in Katikati. "He just walked in with the rod in his head and I was just like, 'Is that a drum stick in your head?'" says witness Dylan Shea. "And he was like, 'Nah, it's a rod.'" The man was allegedly attacked while he was parked up in his car on a suburban street. Police say he was punched in the head and hit with the steel rod. "The sharp part of the tyre iron was in his temple," says Mr Shea. "He's real lucky, lucky that it didn't go any deeper."
Incredibly, the victim was able to drive himself to a petrol station about four blocks away. "I don't think he realised he was so hurt," says Mr Gray. "But as you can see he was pretty nasty." It was so nasty that customers couldn't quite believe what they were seeing. Mr Shea was at the counter when the victim approached staff for help. He and his friends had just popped into the petrol station for a pie but got much more than that. "All my other mates were freaking out. I stayed reasonably calm, but they don't really like that gory stuff."
But remarkably the victim kept his cool. He even asked staff to phone police instead of an ambulance. "He was pretty calm," says Mr Shea. "He wasn't freaking out or anything. He knew what had gone wrong and he said he knew his first-aid and that, so he didn't try to rip it out or anything." Police said they are making progress in their investigation and were talking to witnesses to the incident. As for the victim, the steel rod has been removed from his head and he's now in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital.
With news video, including footage of the man wandering around with the bar sticking out of his head.
Sea lion evaded captors to take a dip at public pool
A female sea lion caused havoc at a seaside salt water pool in Dunedin, New Zealand, on Saturday afternoon.
The Department of Conservation were called to the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool but left when it became clear the sea lion would not be moving on.
Lifeguard Ana Keelty said the animal had come over the hill from Seconds Beach nearby and had somehow managed to get through the pool doors and into the public swimming area at about 2.30pm. "Obviously we had to get everyone out of the pool pretty fast," Keelty said.
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Much to the delight of pool-goers, the sea lion evaded capture and three hours after it arrived, was still taking dips in the lane pool. Swimmers unfortunately had to be evacuated from the water, although staff did not think the animal was dangerous unless provoked.
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The DoC worker charged with moving the animal on had left around 5pm. They were hoping the sea lion would go back to the beach of her own accord. "This is a very rare occurrence," Keelty said. "I think it's only happened once before."
Lifeguard Ana Keelty said the animal had come over the hill from Seconds Beach nearby and had somehow managed to get through the pool doors and into the public swimming area at about 2.30pm. "Obviously we had to get everyone out of the pool pretty fast," Keelty said.
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Much to the delight of pool-goers, the sea lion evaded capture and three hours after it arrived, was still taking dips in the lane pool. Swimmers unfortunately had to be evacuated from the water, although staff did not think the animal was dangerous unless provoked.
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The DoC worker charged with moving the animal on had left around 5pm. They were hoping the sea lion would go back to the beach of her own accord. "This is a very rare occurrence," Keelty said. "I think it's only happened once before."
Woman devastated after £530 was blown away in a tornado of money
A Dundee woman has been left counting the cost of the wind after £530 she was carrying blew away.
Indea Ogilvie had just lunched with a friend in Broughty Ferry and was making her way back to her car when she dropped her purse.
The 19-year-old, who was carrying takings from the Perfection Beauty Salon, Lochee, then watched in horror as the wind swept her cash away.
The grief-stricken mother claims that no one attempted to help her as the notes evaporated in a “tornado of money”. Despite scouring the street with her friend for almost an hour, she recovered just £10. “I’m absolutely devastated,” Indea said. “I’d just had my dinner with friend and was walking back to the car when I dropped my purse. I was going to the bank to put all the money away. My purse was shut but when it fell it just burst open.
“The next thing I knew it was just a tornado of money. In one second it was just all up in the air. No one tried to help me at all, people just stood staring. It was awful. I had my baby with me and he's only nine months so I couldn't just leave him." Indea has now launched a desperate appeal for people to hand in any money they might find, but is holding out little hope. She said: “There’s nothing that can be done really. It just blew away in every direction.”
Notes have begun turning up in and around Broughty Ferry. Gillian Hepburn, manager of the Orchar Nursing Home said £40 has been found in the home's grounds. She said: "Two £20 notes have been found. One was handed in by a visitor and a nurse found the other one at the back door. We think they're Indea's as they are pretty muddy. We'll keep looking for more." She said the money will be returned to Indea if she contacts the home.
Includes video interview with Ms Ogilvie. Many thanks Paul!
The grief-stricken mother claims that no one attempted to help her as the notes evaporated in a “tornado of money”. Despite scouring the street with her friend for almost an hour, she recovered just £10. “I’m absolutely devastated,” Indea said. “I’d just had my dinner with friend and was walking back to the car when I dropped my purse. I was going to the bank to put all the money away. My purse was shut but when it fell it just burst open.
“The next thing I knew it was just a tornado of money. In one second it was just all up in the air. No one tried to help me at all, people just stood staring. It was awful. I had my baby with me and he's only nine months so I couldn't just leave him." Indea has now launched a desperate appeal for people to hand in any money they might find, but is holding out little hope. She said: “There’s nothing that can be done really. It just blew away in every direction.”
Notes have begun turning up in and around Broughty Ferry. Gillian Hepburn, manager of the Orchar Nursing Home said £40 has been found in the home's grounds. She said: "Two £20 notes have been found. One was handed in by a visitor and a nurse found the other one at the back door. We think they're Indea's as they are pretty muddy. We'll keep looking for more." She said the money will be returned to Indea if she contacts the home.
Includes video interview with Ms Ogilvie. Many thanks Paul!
Boy, 11, responsible for fifth of Shepton Mallet's crime told court he wants to be a bank manager
An 11-year-old boy blamed for a fifth of crime in his home town has escaped with a slap on the wrist - after telling magistrates he wants to be a bank manager.
The youth arrived at Yeovil Magistrates Court in Somerset accompanied by his grandfather.
Proceedings had to be adjourned because the adult wasn't his legal guardian - and the youngster was driven away by police to fetch his mother.
The case resumed two hours later when he returned in her company and grinned as he was escorted into court by a policeman.
He was previously given a conditional caution for two counts of violence against a person, arson, two counts of criminal damage, theft and handing stolen goods.
But he has now received a three month referral order for a further two crimes of threatening behaviour at the Youth Court.
All the offences happened in the space of a few days last November - causing a sudden spike in recorded crime in the sleepy Somerset town.
There were 50 crimes reported that month, a sharp increase on the 40 reported the previous year.
Police believe the boy is responsible for up to ten of those crimes after coming to their attention at the end of June. Despite his shocking record of offending the boy told the court he wants to be a bank manager - because he's "good at maths''. Describing the latest offences, Judith Morris, prosecuting, said: "The offences took place in November last year at the Townsend retail park in Shepton Mallet. [He] was there, he walked into Costa Coffee and shouted various swear words when inside. In the store was mostly mums with children or elderly people. They were alarmed and distressed. After running out, a few minutes later he was outside a Carphone Warehouse. An 11-year-old girl was there. He called to get her attention and then he pulled down his trousers and pants exposing his genitals. She went home and told her mother." The boy entered his guilty pleas and only stood to confirm his name, age and address.
He sat up straight behind a courtroom table - but had to be told to pay attention at one point and later to take his hands out of his pockets. Ray Peters, defending, said: "I have to say, over the short period of time I have spent with him, he has impressed me as being a nice, well behaved and intelligent boy. His mother has tried to get him on the straight and narrow. She tells me he has several issues, particularly with anger. So far as these offences are concerned, I think they can best be described as showing off in front of older boys who he is clearly better off staying away from." His mother, who sat beside the boy when the sentencing was read out, spoke highly of her son who had fallen in with the wrong crowd. She told the court: "Things started to spiral out of control." His mother said he gets "very, very bored". “He gets very frustrated,” she added. His granddad added: "He's a very bright. A very clever boy. He has just got in with the wrong crowd and wants to impress them.”
The boy had his own turn to speak and said that he likes to go out with his friends, but also playing cricket, basketball and football. He also said that when he grows up, he wished to be a bank manager. Sentencing, Chair David Phillips said: "I'm sure now it has all taken place you can appreciate how frightened people were. You realise that is wrong. We have heard consistently you are an intelligent boy. In terms of age, you are. You will now be given and opportunity to put this behind you." Speaking outside court, his mum said her son had not had sufficient support. She said: "A lot of people have been supporting me and saying they have been let down by authorities. It's so frustrating. He gets bored and frustrated which can make him more upset and destructive and angry. For me as a mother this stress is awful. There's no anger management, no counselling. It has been awful. There's limited school support. That's why it's taken so long - lack of funding."
Police believe the boy is responsible for up to ten of those crimes after coming to their attention at the end of June. Despite his shocking record of offending the boy told the court he wants to be a bank manager - because he's "good at maths''. Describing the latest offences, Judith Morris, prosecuting, said: "The offences took place in November last year at the Townsend retail park in Shepton Mallet. [He] was there, he walked into Costa Coffee and shouted various swear words when inside. In the store was mostly mums with children or elderly people. They were alarmed and distressed. After running out, a few minutes later he was outside a Carphone Warehouse. An 11-year-old girl was there. He called to get her attention and then he pulled down his trousers and pants exposing his genitals. She went home and told her mother." The boy entered his guilty pleas and only stood to confirm his name, age and address.
He sat up straight behind a courtroom table - but had to be told to pay attention at one point and later to take his hands out of his pockets. Ray Peters, defending, said: "I have to say, over the short period of time I have spent with him, he has impressed me as being a nice, well behaved and intelligent boy. His mother has tried to get him on the straight and narrow. She tells me he has several issues, particularly with anger. So far as these offences are concerned, I think they can best be described as showing off in front of older boys who he is clearly better off staying away from." His mother, who sat beside the boy when the sentencing was read out, spoke highly of her son who had fallen in with the wrong crowd. She told the court: "Things started to spiral out of control." His mother said he gets "very, very bored". “He gets very frustrated,” she added. His granddad added: "He's a very bright. A very clever boy. He has just got in with the wrong crowd and wants to impress them.”
The boy had his own turn to speak and said that he likes to go out with his friends, but also playing cricket, basketball and football. He also said that when he grows up, he wished to be a bank manager. Sentencing, Chair David Phillips said: "I'm sure now it has all taken place you can appreciate how frightened people were. You realise that is wrong. We have heard consistently you are an intelligent boy. In terms of age, you are. You will now be given and opportunity to put this behind you." Speaking outside court, his mum said her son had not had sufficient support. She said: "A lot of people have been supporting me and saying they have been let down by authorities. It's so frustrating. He gets bored and frustrated which can make him more upset and destructive and angry. For me as a mother this stress is awful. There's no anger management, no counselling. It has been awful. There's limited school support. That's why it's taken so long - lack of funding."
Mystery of scorpion found in Edinburgh office
A scorpion has been rescued after it was found by staff in an Edinburgh office.
Workers at the Dog Aid Society of Scotland contained the creature by putting a glass over it until animal welfare experts arrived.
The Scottish SPCA collected it from the office on Blackford Avenue after it was spotted on Thursday.
The scorpion was taken to Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World, where it will remain. Experts have still to identify the species of scorpion, which is around the size of a 10-pence piece. Usually the smaller the scorpion, the more venomous they are. Steph Grant, Scottish SPCA animal rescue officer, said: "It's a bit of a mystery as to how the scorpion came to be there.
"We've had instances in the past where we've rescued exotic spiders and scorpions found in boxes of fruit originating from overseas, but the people who work in the office haven't had any fruit deliveries and can't imagine where it has come from. Blackford is a residential area, so there is a chance the scorpion is someone's pet which has gone missing.
"Office staff managed to contain the scorpion by putting a glass over it but were understandably quite frightened by their little visitor. It was cold when I arrived but once it warmed up it became more lively." It is likely that the creature is a young scorpion which still has to grow.
The scorpion was taken to Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World, where it will remain. Experts have still to identify the species of scorpion, which is around the size of a 10-pence piece. Usually the smaller the scorpion, the more venomous they are. Steph Grant, Scottish SPCA animal rescue officer, said: "It's a bit of a mystery as to how the scorpion came to be there.
"We've had instances in the past where we've rescued exotic spiders and scorpions found in boxes of fruit originating from overseas, but the people who work in the office haven't had any fruit deliveries and can't imagine where it has come from. Blackford is a residential area, so there is a chance the scorpion is someone's pet which has gone missing.
"Office staff managed to contain the scorpion by putting a glass over it but were understandably quite frightened by their little visitor. It was cold when I arrived but once it warmed up it became more lively." It is likely that the creature is a young scorpion which still has to grow.
Naked ukulele player cleared of indecency after saying he may have just been tapping out a tune
A ukulele player accused of carrying out a sex act at his window has been cleared after telling a court he may just have been tapping out a tune.
Several neighbours told the court they had seen Dean Gilmartin naked and masturbating in clear view of the street on more than one occasion.
Father-of-two Gilmartin admitted being naked in his home while getting changed and claimed the witnesses may have mistaken him drumming a beat for a sex act.
The 25-year-old told Perth Sheriff Court: "It would be speculation. I have no definite explanation, but I play a lot of musical instruments and I'm a bit of a tapper.
"My hands are always jittering about. I could have been tapping away. I play keyboard, guitar and ukulele. I move my hands about. I do that a lot. It's the only reasonable explanation I can think of. There is a chance they could have seen me in a state of undress. I was putting away washing." Asked if he had ever taken his penis out in public view at the window, Gilmartin replied: "Not that I can remember. It's not something I would do." One witness told the court she had clearly seen Gilmartin with his genitals in his hand from almost 100 yards down the street. Another said she had seen him making a "side-to-side" motion with his hands.
Gilmartin's partner Emma Ramsay, 25, who was in the couple's new home with him at the time, said: "I don't believe it at all. I just think it's unbelievable." Fiscal depute, Tina Dickie, told the court: "Five Crown witnesses gave evidence clearly. They came to court and had no axe to grind because they don't know this man. The accused was recklessly indifferent to whether his actions could be seen that day. He didn't care that members of the public could see him." Solicitor David Holmes, defending, said: "Nobody could deny it would have been better for the curtains to have been drawn. His partner said that the very next day they put blinds up in that room. He never leaves his house during all of this.
"At no stage is any witness able to say he has got an erect penis. He says he is moving his hand about because he has got the habit of tapping." Gilmartin, of Strathtay Road in Perth, Scotland, denied three charges of indecency at his home by exposing himself to a number of people on August 17 and 31 last year. Sheriff Fiona Tait said she found the Crown witnesses broadly credible, but added that she was prepared to give Gilmartin the benefit of the doubt. He was found not guilty. Sheriff Tait said: "I am quite clear you accept you were naked in the room after your shower. I had no particular difficulty with the Crown witnesses. I am left with a doubt arising from the defence evidence and you are entitled to the benefit of that."
"My hands are always jittering about. I could have been tapping away. I play keyboard, guitar and ukulele. I move my hands about. I do that a lot. It's the only reasonable explanation I can think of. There is a chance they could have seen me in a state of undress. I was putting away washing." Asked if he had ever taken his penis out in public view at the window, Gilmartin replied: "Not that I can remember. It's not something I would do." One witness told the court she had clearly seen Gilmartin with his genitals in his hand from almost 100 yards down the street. Another said she had seen him making a "side-to-side" motion with his hands.
Gilmartin's partner Emma Ramsay, 25, who was in the couple's new home with him at the time, said: "I don't believe it at all. I just think it's unbelievable." Fiscal depute, Tina Dickie, told the court: "Five Crown witnesses gave evidence clearly. They came to court and had no axe to grind because they don't know this man. The accused was recklessly indifferent to whether his actions could be seen that day. He didn't care that members of the public could see him." Solicitor David Holmes, defending, said: "Nobody could deny it would have been better for the curtains to have been drawn. His partner said that the very next day they put blinds up in that room. He never leaves his house during all of this.
"At no stage is any witness able to say he has got an erect penis. He says he is moving his hand about because he has got the habit of tapping." Gilmartin, of Strathtay Road in Perth, Scotland, denied three charges of indecency at his home by exposing himself to a number of people on August 17 and 31 last year. Sheriff Fiona Tait said she found the Crown witnesses broadly credible, but added that she was prepared to give Gilmartin the benefit of the doubt. He was found not guilty. Sheriff Tait said: "I am quite clear you accept you were naked in the room after your shower. I had no particular difficulty with the Crown witnesses. I am left with a doubt arising from the defence evidence and you are entitled to the benefit of that."
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