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This is the battered face of a pervert who was beaten up by a dog walker after he attacked kids playing Pokemon Go in Sefton Park.

Karl Joseph Hoey targeted the 15 and 16 year old girls yesterday as they played the mobile game, exposing his privates and punching one girl in the face.

But a hero dog walker confronted 24-year-old Hoey and overpowered him, leaving him bleeding and dazed, before police arrived and arrested him.

Hoey appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today sporting a black eye and with blood stains still covering his t-shirt.

He was jailed for 18 weeks after pleading guilty to exposure, assault, criminal damage and possession of cannabis.

Angela Blackmore, prosecuting, said the 15-year-old girl and a male relative were “collecting Pokemon” in the park when Hoey began following them.

A witness statement said: “He managed to catch up and was standing right behind us, he asked if we wanted vodka and weed and we told him to leave us alone. He said he had just got out of jail for shooting at police.”

The court heard Hoey, of Southwood Road in Aigburth, had indeed recently been released from prison on licence but for multiple domestic violence offences.

The girl said he tried to put his arm around her and touched her lower back, making her feel uncomfortable.

Hoey continued to harass the girl, asking her “have you ever been molested before?” and making other inappropriate comments.

The girl said: “I turned around and the man had his willy out. I was shocked when I saw it, I turned around quickly and I didn’t know what to do, it was in the middle of the park.”

She reported that Hoey then made a lewd suggestion to her. The teenagers decided to go and stand with another group of around 11 other teenage girls nearby “for safety in numbers.”

But Hoey, who is originally from Northern Ireland, came over and told the group: “I am IRA, I am racist, I hate English b*******.”

One girl confronted him over the comment, angering Hoey into throwing a punch.

The girl was able to block the blow, but drunken Hoey then punched another 16-year-old girl to the face, giving her a split lip.

Ms Blackmore said a man who was walking past then intervened, causing Hoey to launch an attack.

But the court heard the newcomer was “much stronger” and easily overpowered him.

Daniel Lupton, defending, said his client had recently been released from prison and had turned to alcohol after the break down of his relationship.

He said: “The reason he made no comment in his interview was that he had absolutely no recollection of the incident whatsoever.”

The court heard Hoey will be spending the next 11 months in prison after being recalled on licence as a result of the new offences.

Magistrates ordered him to sign the sex offenders’ register for the next seven years.