Locations
Lytton Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3
Description
A forklift driver who mocked transgender friends before masturbating in front of them doesn't believe his vile behaviour caused them any distress.
The two women were left shocked and disgusted when perverted Graham Beevers pulled out his penis in full view of them at a remote beauty spot above Marsden Moor.
He laughed at them because he thought they looked funny before pleasuring himself and telling them: I would have f*****d you both.
The 52-year-old was found guilty of exposure at Kirklees Magistrates' Court earlier this month.
Magistrates described his behaviour as demonstrating hostility towards the women based on their transgender identity.
Yet it was revealed at Beevers' sentencing hearing that he still doesn't believe that he did anything wrong.
His solicitor Jonathan Slawinski said: His behaviour shows entrenched, underlying issues with people with different gender characteristics.
He struggles to identify the hurt he's caused and that needs to be looked at and challenged.
Beevers claimed that he'd gone to the Buckstones car park, described as a known 'dogging site', to watch hang gliders after finishing his shift at Manchester Airport.
But the court heard that he pulled up alongside the women's convertible in his Honda Civic before sitting on a fence and fondling himself as he stared fixedly at them.
The victims had gone to the New Hey Road site at 2.30pm on July 27 last year to have a picnic and take some pictures.
They were described as friends having bonded over their transgender identities and love of cars.
After pulling up in his car Beevers looked at them for a while before reversing back into a parking spot.
He exited to sit on the fence where he pulled out his penis and began masturbating for several minutes.
Beevers, of Lytton Street in Halifax, then jumped down and walked towards the women's car, staring at them and saying: 'Alright?' before heading back to his vehicle.
He then left the car with nothing on his bottom half, sat in front of the victims' car and played with himself again.
One of the victims said: Being transgender you pay the price.
Whenever you're out in public you have lots of derogatory words aimed at you.
The second victim said how what she saw turned her stomach.
Prosecutor Alex Bozman said: She felt uneasy and scared.
Mr Beevers is a large man and they were frightened that something else could have happened.
She said: 'We now feel fearful when we go to these places which is so sad because we just want to enjoy ourselves.
Mr Bozman told magistrates that Beevers demonstrated hostility towards the victims based on their transgender identity.
He said: He accepted in interview that he said: 'I would have f****d the both of you'.
He admitted he would have never said this if it had been two females so there's clearly an element of transphobia in terms of the offence.
Beevers said in court that he laughed at the victims because he thought they were funny and were 'dressed up men' as they didn't look very convincing as women.
His solicitor argued that they couldn't have seen him naked because they failed to notice distinctive tattoos on his legs and a 'Prince Albert' ring piercing through the top of his penis.
Beevers denied going to the area to engage in consensual sex even though he told police that he believed there was a dogging site close by.
But magistrates found him guilty of intentionally exposing his genitals to cause alarm or distress.
Mr Slawinski said that his client maintains his innocence and his family have stood by him, although he faces an investigation at work.
He told magistrates: The offence must have been very unpleasant for the complainants.
His behaviour and his commentary shows entrenched, underlying issues with people with different gender characteristics.
He doesn't seem to acknowledge a problem exists. He doesn't acknowledge that he would have caused them harassment, alarm or distress.
He has some rigid, entrenched views and that needs to be looked at, challenged and worked with.
If you send Mr Beevers to custody none of this work will be undertaken. He will go into isolation and remain there.
These areas can be worked upon to prevent, more importantly, a repetition of this incident.
Magistrates sentenced Beevers to a community order with 20 rehabilitation activity days, including the Maps for Change programme focusing on sexual offending, and 300 hours of unpaid work
The order was made as a direct alternative to custody.
Beevers will have to pay 620 court costs and 90 victim surcharge.
He was ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for five years and will have to give his personal details to police within three days.