Paul Southern exposed himself at Newcastle Central Station just two days after being released from custody, telling police he wanted to go back to prison.
The 47-year-old, of no fixed address, was spotted sitting on metal seats near WH Smith with his jeans and boxer shorts around his ankles and his genitals exposed at around 9.30pm on August 17.
Public area incident
Neil Jones, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court: "He was in an open public area and there were quite a lot of people passing."
"One can see on the footage the defendant is standing and then dropping his trousers and underpants then sitting back down. It seems that the other people there were not particularly bothered by this."
"There was nothing going on other than the exposure and the fact the public could have seen his genitals if they were looking in that direction."
Reason for offending
Southern was told to pull his pants up and did so. When questioned, he said his intention was to go back to prison. He said he was cold and hungry and felt unsupported, having been released two days earlier.
He added that he had thought about exposing himself earlier in the day but that the station was too busy and he didn't want children to see.
Southern pleaded guilty to exposure and also admitted a separate charge of failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements by failing to sign on at a police station.
Previous convictions and sentence
He has previous convictions for sex offences, including voyeurism, which involved him entering the female toilets at Newcastle Central Station.
A pre-sentence report said Southern would not comply with probation and intended to keep offending until he received a custodial sentence.
Judge Tom Moran jailed him for four months and ordered him to sign the sex offenders register for seven years. He said: "It's an extremely sad state of affairs that someone feels that way about life. I'm satisfied you have been given help numerous times over the years and for whatever reason it has not worked out."
His barrister said his instructions "don't permit me to mitigate beyond the timely guilty plea and his sincere wish to remain in a custodial setting."
