'Chances run out' for 'mooning' Hull toy shop flasher

HE BARED HIS BACKSIDE IN FRONT OF FAMILIES

- By MARK NAYLOR

A “mooning” flasher who shamelessly bared his backside in front of families during a bungled shoplifting mission has finally been jailed - after assaulting police and hurling racist abuse at an officer.

Prolific thief James Cordier pulled down his trousers during his “disgraceful” antics in the shop - and a judge branded the incident “not amusing” in the least.

Cordier, 37, of Exmouth Street, west Hull, was originally spared prison after he admitted an offence of exposure at the Smyths Toys store in Oak Road in the city on June 4 last year. He also admitted stealing two packs of pens from WH Smith in Prospect Centre, Hull, on August 25.

But his luck finally ran out at Hull Crown Court when he was jailed after admitting assaulting a police officer as an emergency worker and using racially aggravated threatening words or behaviour towards an officer on April 15 this year. He admitted breaching a suspended prison sentence and breaching a community order.