A “FURIOUS” masturbator who exposed himself in front of a nurse at Royal Darwin Hospital has been jailed for a month.

The Darwin Local Court heard Ross Yulidjirri was picked up drinking on the Esplanade on July 20, having been issued an Alcohol Protection Order on Christmas Day last year.

Prosecutor Daniel Warner Collins said Ylulidjirri was so drunk he needed to be helped into the paddy wagon, and was taken to hospital to sober up.

“He removed his penis from his pants and began masturbating furiously (at the nurse). She expressed her disgust at this and he began urinating on the floor,” he said.

Yulidjirri blew 0.295 — nearly six times the legal limit for driving — several hours after he had stopped drinking.

The court heard Yulidjirri has 25 prior convictions for breaching alcohol protection orders. Defence lawyer Beth Morrisroe said Yulidjirri had no memory of the incident, and was ashamed of his actions.

Judge Michael Carey said: “The nurses have a hard enough job without putting up with that kind of nonsense.”

Yulidjirri was sentenced to a week’s jail for breaching his Alcohol Protection Order, and a month for gross indecency.