A FLASHER has been banned from Bunnings after he was caught exposing himself and performing lewd acts in front of female staff.

Shonit Danwer, 49, spent $101 on taps, washers and bathroom cleaners at Sydney’s Marsden Park outlet before exposing himself to a female staff member, A Current Affair reported last night.

He visited the hardware store six times in seven days and masturbated in front of the employee, court documents showed.

Danwer was charged with committing an act of indecency, but pleaded not guilty and blamed his behaviour on a hernia problem. A NSW court found Danwer guilty and he is now awaiting sentencing. His lawyer told A Current Affair he will be appealing the conviction.

It isn’t the first time he’s been caught out. Five years ago, Danwer was caught exposing himself to an undercover police officer at a Sydney music school and was fined $1000. At the time, he was working as a prison guard.

Security footage obtained by A Current Affair showed how Danwer would arrived 45 minutes before a class and position chairs in the waiting room so he could sit opposite schoolchildren and expose himself.

Reporter Dan Nolan said he had turned the waiting room into his own “perverted playground”, touching himself while young women sat beside him.

The alarm was raised after a schoolgirl reported to her teacher that Danwer had exposed himself to her, using a magazine to hide what he was doing.

A review of the music school’s CCTV footage showed he had been exploring his troubling fantasies on a regular basis. In one disturbing clip, he is seen exposing himself while sitting opposite an eight-year-old. When the agitated child moves to a seat on the other side of the room, he follows her and sits down beside her. However, he has not been convicted of any offences against children.

Sydney 2GB’s Ray Hadley publicised Danwer’s lewd behaviour five years ago. The radio host says he can’t believe the convicted flasher has not had more serious charges brought against him.

“He should spend some time in jail,” Hadley told the program.

Danwer, who works as a homoeopath, also exposed himself in front of tradies at Bunnings. He has not been deregistered.

A Current Affair said there had been an attempt at an 11th-hour injunction to stop them running the story.