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Man 'had names of 219 girls in diaries'
7:37pm Thursday 24th January 2008
A 42-YEAR-OLD homeless man has been accused of following as many as 219 girls or women over two years and writing sexual fantasies about them in a diary.
Police said they launched an investigation after a 23-year-old woman contacted them to say she had been "stared at in a peculiar way" which left her feeling "extremely uneasy".
Officers have found a diary and notebook which contained the names of 219 woman, vehicle registration numbers and sordid details of sexual fantasies.
Police arrested a suspect - Jamie Lawrence Curtis, 42 - who was living in a car in Bolton-By-Bowland.
Police Constable Hassan Khan, of Clitheroe Police, said: "He originally was suspected of providing false details to officers and was arrested for obstructing police."
Curtis, who is originally from Keighley, appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with causing a public nuisance in the Ribble Valley, Garstang and Blackpool on various dates between 21 November 2005 and January 10.
He gave no indication of plea and was ordered to be dealt with at the Crown Court.
Alfred Rebello, defending, said his client maintained there was nothing exceptional about his actions but conceded the matter would have to go to the crown court.
There was no application for bail and Curtis was remanded in custody.
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