British man jailed for cross-dressing
From correspondents in London
April 08, 2005
A BRITISH man handed an unusual court order banning him from dressing in women's clothes in public after dark was jailed after being found cross-dressing in his car.
David Harris, 37, was spotted by police wearing an off-the-shoulder cream top and cotton skirt, and was arrested, Gloucester Crown Court in the west of England was told.
He had been banned in June last year from wearing women's clothes, accessories or footwear in public places during night time following concern that such outfits prompted him to commit sexual offences.
In 1998, Harris was jailed for two indecent assaults on young women, one carried out while he wore a pink dress and a black bra.
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He was released in 2002, but returned to prison the following year after being spotted wearing women's clothing again. Shortly before he was freed in June 2004, the clothing ban was made under sexual offences legislation.
Harris - who appeared in court in a black jacket and trousers - pleaded guilty to breaching the order, and was jailed for two and a half years.
The court was told that Harris was arrested last September after being seen dressed in women's clothes in his car, which was parked a rural area near Gloucester known as a meeting point for people seeking sex