{"id":1554,"date":"2025-04-28T13:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2025-04-30T01:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T01:48:15","slug":"former-wes-streeting-aide-avoids-jail-after-indecent-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/former-wes-streeting-aide-avoids-jail-after-indecent-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Wes Streeting aide avoids jail after indecent exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sam Gould served as a councillor in London until he pleaded guilty (Picture: X\/LUTHFARAHMAN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An ex-London<\/a> councillor who previously worked as one of Wes Streeting<\/a>’s top aides has been handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to indecent exposure.<\/p>\n

Sam Gould, 33, stepped down from Redbridge Council in north-east London last month after admitting two counts of the crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was seen masturbating in a parked car by a 13-year-old girl last month, before he left the car and started following her.<\/p>\n

The young girl tried to hide and banged on doors asking for help, prosecutors told the court.<\/p>\n

According to the Sun<\/a>, the teenager’s mother said she was scared to leave the house after the incident.<\/p>\n

In a separate incident, he was seen by a woman masturbating in a Mini Cooper with its windows rolled down on February 9, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Streeting, the health secretary, said there were ‘no words to express my horror that a mother and her daughter have been put through this ordeal’.<\/p>\n

He added: ‘As soon as I was made aware of his arrest he was suspended, and as soon as the guilty plea was entered I took immediate steps to sack him through official HR processes.<\/p>\n

‘There are no excuses for his appalling behaviour.’<\/p>\n

Redbridge Council leader Kam Rai said he was shocked by the ‘inexcusable betrayal of [Gould’s] residents’. <\/p>\n

At Barkingside Magistrates’ Court this afternoon, Gould was sentenced to 22 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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