A man has been charged in relation to a report of indecent exposure at St Peters Church in Leamington on Wednesday.

We received a report of a man exposing himself at around 11:40 on Wednesday 5th February and officers were quickly on scene to arrest the man.

Thanks to the hard work of our Patrol Investigations Team Richard Penney, 53 from Warwick has since been charged with exposure as well as 2 counts of theft and 2 counts of causing intentional alarm harassment or distress in 4 unrelated incidents. He has been remanded in custody until 25th of February where he will next appear in court.

We would like to reassure the public that whilst we are hopeful for a custodial sentence later this month, while Mr Penney is remanded in custody steps are being taken by the Leamington Safer Neighbourhood Team to prevent this kind of offending in the future. We will bring you more information on this when we are able.