I saw this on the news last night:
An elderly Queensland man has been charged in relation to an alleged string of assaults on women in parks over a two-month period this year.
The 83-year-old man allegedly approached multiple women in public parks, in separate incidents, before assaulting them.
The alleged attacks occurred in the Acacia Ridge and Springfield areas between September and October this year.
I have heard before that elderly men in nursing homes can be sex pests - it's pretty rare to hear of one who has put it into practice in public parks. And I don't mean to imply that this guy was a mere "pest" - he's actually charged with one count of rape:
The Springfield Lakes man has been charged with three counts of sexual assault and one count of rape.Gawd.
Sounds like an extreme version of the age-old ‘dirty old man flasher’ in the public park problem.
ReplyDeleteNeeds a work up. An early sign of dementia can be changes in behavior of the more unpleasant kind.
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Inappropriate sexual behavior (ISB) is a relatively common and potentially disruptive form of behavior in people with dementia. It can cause considerable distress and put placements and people at risk.
Yes, John, I would assume that is the case too. But it is still rare to hear of it causing a problem in public spaces, instead of just within the nursing home.
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