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How alleged serial masturbator was 'caught out by Google Maps'


A man has been charged after allegedly terrorising inner-city Brisbane residents for four years with his predilection for public masturbation.

Police on Tuesday charged the 43-year-old Eatons Hill man with 27 counts of indecent acts.

Google Street View was used in the investigation, Queensland Police told Yahoo7.

They allege he was spotted publicly masturbating numerous times in the inner-city suburb of Windsor between 2015 and 2019.

Windsor pervert: The man was captured on Google Street View in an image released by Queensland Police.
The man was captured on Google Street View in an image released by Queensland Police. Source: Queensland Police

Police are also seeking information from residents in Fairfield, West End and Highgate Hill in Brisbane, where he may also have been engaging in lewd acts.

The man will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 11.

Serial Brisbane pervert: Police on Tuesday charged the 43-year-old Eatons Hill man (pictured seated) with 27 counts of indecent acts.
Police on Tuesday charged the 43-year-old Eatons Hill man (pictured seated) with 27 counts of indecent acts. Source: Queensland Police
Serial masturbator in Brisbane: Police allege the 43-year-old man (pictured) was spotted publicly masturbating numerous times in the inner-city suburb of Windsor, Brisbane.
Police allege the 43-year-old man (pictured) was spotted publicly masturbating numerous times in the inner-city suburb of Windsor, Brisbane. Source: Queensland Police

– With AAP