Jealousy possessed him when he saw her talking to a boy from the neighbourhood; he was so incensed that he even thought of accosting her, but dropped the idea. Instead of striking a conversation, he sought her attention by flashing. In one instance, she was accompanied by her friend. Both giggled nervously when he flashed himself and he promptly assumed that it was because they were sexually attracted to him. “I thought somewhere her love for me was dormant and would soon come out," the rapist said.