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An optician who performed a sex act on himself while giving a 14-year-old girl an eye exam in West Yorkshire has been warned that he could be sent to jail. | An optician who performed a sex act on himself while giving a 14-year-old girl an eye exam in West Yorkshire has been warned that he could be sent to jail. |
John Gill, 36, of Hunters Way, Selby, was found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of engaging in sexual activity in front of a child in his shop in Knottingley. | John Gill, 36, of Hunters Way, Selby, was found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of engaging in sexual activity in front of a child in his shop in Knottingley. |
The court heard how Gill committed the act as he tested the girl's vision in the back room of his shop in 2008. | The court heard how Gill committed the act as he tested the girl's vision in the back room of his shop in 2008. |
He was also found to have performed a sex act in the window of his shop. | |
Referring to the possibility Gill could face a prison sentence, Judge Rodney Grant said there were "no promises" about what sentence he would receive. | Referring to the possibility Gill could face a prison sentence, Judge Rodney Grant said there were "no promises" about what sentence he would receive. |
When I looked at him he didn't have a happy smile, it was a smile like 'I know something you don't' Gill's victim | When I looked at him he didn't have a happy smile, it was a smile like 'I know something you don't' Gill's victim |
Gill was released on conditional bail and will return to Leeds Crown Court in January for sentencing. | Gill was released on conditional bail and will return to Leeds Crown Court in January for sentencing. |
Michael Smith, prosecuting, told the court how the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had gone to the Clear Vision opticians to pick up some new contact lenses. | Michael Smith, prosecuting, told the court how the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had gone to the Clear Vision opticians to pick up some new contact lenses. |
Gill, whose wife works with him in the opticians, had taken the girl into the back room to perform a field test on her vision. | Gill, whose wife works with him in the opticians, had taken the girl into the back room to perform a field test on her vision. |
Mr Smith told the court that while the girl had her head in the device used during the exam she became aware of something unusual about Gill's behaviour. | Mr Smith told the court that while the girl had her head in the device used during the exam she became aware of something unusual about Gill's behaviour. |
When she turned her head to look at him she saw he had his hand in his trousers, the court heard. | When she turned her head to look at him she saw he had his hand in his trousers, the court heard. |
Left scared | Left scared |
The court saw a video of the girl, who is now 16, giving evidence to police in October 2008. | The court saw a video of the girl, who is now 16, giving evidence to police in October 2008. |
In it, she told a police officer about Gill's body language after she had finished her test on that day. | In it, she told a police officer about Gill's body language after she had finished her test on that day. |
She said: "When I looked at him he didn't have a happy smile, it was a smile like 'I know something you don't'." | She said: "When I looked at him he didn't have a happy smile, it was a smile like 'I know something you don't'." |
She said she was scared and left the shop after Gill said he needed to check her other eye. | She said she was scared and left the shop after Gill said he needed to check her other eye. |
Gill was also found guilty of a second charge of outraging public decency in connection with an incident in 2006. | Gill was also found guilty of a second charge of outraging public decency in connection with an incident in 2006. |
The court heard how he was spotted performing a sex act while sitting in a chair in the window of his shop by two women who were walking past with their children. | The court heard how he was spotted performing a sex act while sitting in a chair in the window of his shop by two women who were walking past with their children. |
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