A Moose Jaw man who was arrested twice over the past weekend for masturbating in public, will spend the next six months in jail and will have to register as a sex offender until 2019.
In Moose Jaw provincial court on Monday, Judge Margaret Gordon sentenced Darrel Lang, 42, to two six-month jail terms, to be served concurrently.
As was stated in court by Crown prosecutor Rob Parker, two women exited Cornerstone Inn Pub and Eatery on Friday at about 10:12 p.m. and saw Lang outside the establishment. He had his penis exposed and he was masturbating.
The two women walked away and Lang proceeded to follow them. The women contacted local police via a cellphone and Lang was quickly arrested.
Police released Lang on an undertaking. However, on Sunday Lang went back to the zero block of Main Street North and pulled down his shorts and started masturbating again, this time near the Tunnels of Moose Jaw during business hours.
According to Parker, several people reportedly witnessed the incident, including a young child. Police again arrested Lang and he remained in custody until appearing in court.
"I'm very ashamed for what I did," Lang told the court from inside the prisoners' dock on Monday.
For more on this story, read Tuesday's Times-Herald.
