Man who masturbated in M&S public toilet in front of undercover garda spared jail

Accused, who had claimed he was urinating, given three-month suspended sentence

Gerard McVeigh: Was found guilty of the offence last November. Picture: Paddy Cummins/PCPhoto.ie

A man has been given a three-month suspended sentence for a "concerning" incident where he exposed himself and masturbated in front of an undercover garda in a Dublin city-centre department store public toilet.

Gerard McVeigh, 43, from Clondalkin, but of no fixed address in Dublin 22, had pleaded not guilty to an offence contrary to the Sexual Offences Act for public masturbation at Marks & Spencer on Mary Street on June 16, 2021.