A pervert exposed himself on a train while tucking into pizza, a court heard.

James Woods was spotted by a female conductor as he travelled between Sittingbourne and Sheerness on May 16 last year.

But when she tackled him about his lewd behaviour and told him to stop, the unabashed 51-year-old simply retorted: "What? Stop eating my pizza?"

Maidstone Crown Court heard he then shook his head and had his genitalia on show throughout the length of his 18-minute journey to Queenborough.

Having disembarked, Woods then sat on the station steps with his penis exposed and masturbating in view of horrified members of the public.

When arrested, he claimed the conductor may have only seen his underwear.

But when shown CCTV footage of him on the station steps, he told police: "It doesn't look good, does it?"

Two months later, shocked neighbours had the misfortune of seeing him brazenly putting out his rubbish in the nude.

When one shouted "What are you doing?", Woods simply flicked his cigarette and went back indoors, said prosecutor Neil Moore.

He then stood starkers at his living room window "turning his hips from side to side and swinging his genitals", the court was told.

Woods was also seen sitting in his armchair with his legs spread apart.

"The defendant repeatedly switched his lights on and off to either attract attention or so people could see," added Mr Moore.

Woods, of Manor Close, Rushenden, denied he had exposed himself on that occasion, claiming the neighbours "had beef" with him and were making his life difficult.

However, he later pleaded guilty to two offences of exposure and one of outraging public decency, all of which were committed just eight months into a three-year community order for similar obscene behaviour.

‘I want you to stop doing this. It upsets people, it frightens them….’

At his sentencing hearing on Friday (April 26), his barrister Amy Taylor told the court the dad had been in custody since his arrest, and was "keen to turn his life around and seek help" on release.

Passing sentence, Judge Julian Smith said such behaviour was "defiant and indulgent thrill-seeking designed to leave those who witnessed it feeling uncomfortable and unnerved".

Imposing what he described as an "intensive" three-year community order, the judge told Woods: "I want you to stop doing this. It upsets people, it frightens them.

"It's not a minor thing; people feel vulnerable. The more you do it, the more likely the sentences will grow and grow, your reputation will be in tatters, and people will speak about you.

"But there is an opportunity here that you ought to take to engage with the probation service and work hard to stop this."

Woods was ordered to take part in 35 sessions of the Horizon sex offender programme and 50 rehabilitation activity requirements.

He will also have to wear an alcohol abstinence monitoring device - a tag which measures alcohol levels through sweat - on his ankle for 120 days.