Man, Wearing a Dress and Wig, Jailed for Masturbating in Three Different Stores

On July 20, 2021, Bo Yu was sentenced to eight months in prison for masturbating on different days in three separate stores, including in one of the store’s changing rooms.

A security guard at House of Fraser in Dundrum testified that on November 27, 2019, he had observed Yu wearing a dress and a wig while masturbating in the women’s section. Just three days later, Yu was again observed masturbating in the store. On both occasions, the store contacted Gardaí­, the national police service of the Republic of Ireland.

Then on December 3, 2019, a security manager at Penneys in Dundrum witnessed Yu masturbating and then going into the changing rooms. Yu also touched a number of items in the store, which had to be removed and not sold. Yu was told to leave the changing room and to take a used condom found on a seat with him.

That same day, Yu was observed applying liquid to his hand and masturbating in the lingerie section of Marks & Spencer in Dundrum. While paying for tights at the cash register, Yu again masturbated. The store called Gardaí­, who subsequently arrested Yu. At the time of his arrest, Yu was found to be in possession of a sex toy, an unused condom and lubricants.

Yu pleaded guilty to public masturbation at House of Fraser, Penneys and Marks & Spencer. At the sentencing hearing, Judge Melanie Greally said the footage clearly showed that Yu was “manifestly in a state of considerable arousal throughout all the incidents”. While other shoppers appeared not to have noticed Yu, the judge remarked that there were also children at the stores. Judge Greally also noted that Yu suffered both physical and emotional abuse from his father and dressed as a woman “as a means of dealing with his stress and anxiety”.

Another one for the "but that never happens!" file.