British man with fetish for surgical masks jailed

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2005

LONDON (AFP) — A British man with a sexual fetish for tie-on surgical masks was jailed for telephoning hospitals and dental surgeries around the country to ask for supplies to be sent to him.

Norman Hutchins, 53, was jailed for three years at Leeds Crown Court in northern England after pleading guilty to a series of offences including obtaining property by deception, as well as threatening and abusive behaviour.

He had phoned a string of medical organisations claiming he needed the masks for bogus charity fun runs and amateur dramatic performances, the court heard.

Judge Paul Hoffman, who called Hutchins "manipulative and deceptive" and a "menace to anyone involved in medical or dental institutions", also banned him indefinitely from entering any National...