A 48-year-old company director was given a three-year community order today for flashing at two teenage girls while dressed in women’s clothes and for secretly recording a woman using his bathroom.

Michael Willshire was caught after he flashed the girls, aged 16 and 17, while masturbating in an alleyway in Swanage, Dorset, in August 2006.

Prosecuting counsel Mark Ashley told Bournemouth Crown Court: “They immediately became aware of Mr Willshire.

They noticed him because he was wearing women’s clothing, a white skirt, short sleeved top, white dancing shoes, a blonde wig and he was carrying a shoulder bag. They noticed he was wearing a suspender belt because his skirt was hitched up.”

One of the girls rang her father who was close by that evening.

He caught Willshire running to his Audi car, by now wearing a hooded top and tracksuit bottoms, but still no underwear, with his wig inside his handbag.

The father detained Willshire until police arrived to arrest him on August 19. Police searched Willshire’s home in Swanage the next day and found three ladies’ wigs, a handbag, false breasts, other items of ladies’ clothing, and video cassettes that were kept in a safe.

A bundle of women’s underwear was also found at the father-of-one’s home which were later discovered to have been stolen.

The videos showed recordings of a naked woman he had secretly filmed using his bathroom and later watched for sexual pleasure.

Willshire, who is managing director of aluminium products firm Alform Extrusions in Holton Heath Trading Park, Dorset, earlier admitted a count of exposure, voyeurism and theft.

Judge Roger Jarvis ordered three more counts of exposure to lie on file, during today’s hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court.

Mr Jarvis made a three year community order with a supervision requirement.

He told Willshire he will have to attend the Thames Valley Sex Offender Group Work Programme until he has developed strategies to prevent further offending.

Mr Jarvis also placed Willshire on the sex offenders register for five years.

Mr Jarvis said: “What happened was by any reckoning a bizarre episode.

“It must have caused a great deal of anguish, distress and probably fright to the two young women who were involved in the incident of exposure.”

Speaking about the video tapes, Mr Jarvis added: “The court has considered the effect the voyeurism act has had on that incident’s victim as well as how deeply shocking the discovery of this was.

“The court would be quite justified in punishing you by taking away your liberty today.

“You should have known better than to behave in the way that you did and I’m sure that you do know to behave better than the way in which you did.”

The court heard the victim of voyeurism was a friend with whom he wanted to have a relationship and that he stole her dirty underwear and cuddled them in bed at night.