A MAN exposed himself to a group of young girls on a bus, Bolton Crown Court was told.

Paul Geoffrey Williams, aged 55, had begun chatting to the girls, aged between 11 and 14, as they queued for a bus at Bury Interchange.

Later, when the girls reported him to the driver, Williams forced his way off the bus, took his shirt off and hurled tins of beans at the driver, who had tried to stop him. Williams told police he had alcohol problems and was on medication for schizophrenia.

Williams, of Rydal Close, Bury, denied four charges alleging indecency with a girl under 16 and inciting them to commit an act of gross indecency.

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