Nassau, BAHAMAS- A pervert with a lengthy history of sex crimes has been released from prison after serving four years of a six-year sentence for indecent assault.
Sidney Cooper, 47, of Amos Ferguson Street, has been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Registry.
Over and over, Cooper has been to prison for touching women he doesn’t know, but he reoffends, almost immediately, after release.
Cooper fondled an 18-year-old year soon after his release from prison in June 2019.
The girl said that she was fixing her skirt when a stranger groped her from behind and ran away.
Cooper admitted the crime when he took the witness stand.
He testified, “I rushed the scene like a wild animal. I couldn’t resist it. I thought it was an invitation for me. It looked so nice, so sweet; I couldn’t refuse it. I locked on her [word deleted] from the back. I grope her. That’s what y’all is call it, right?”
An unrepentant Cooper told the court, “I did what I did. Life is short and I can’t regret it.”
Prior to that, Cooper had been jailed in 2016 for groping a child and a policewoman while on trial.
Cooper has been diagnosed with frotteurism— the practice of achieving sexual stimulation or orgasm by touching and rubbing against a person without the person’s consent and usually in a public place.
Cooper, who has an indecent assault record that dates back to 2000, claims that he can’t curb his sexual urges.
Copyright Bahamas Court News 2023
