A MAN who exposed himself in front of three small children has been sentenced to a community order.

Douglas Nivison, 51, of Birchmore Road in Gloucester, exposed himself in Laburnum Drive, Newport on August 26th.

A woman spotted him and he was traced by police through his vehicle registration.

Nivinson pleaded uilty to exposure and was given a community order of three years supervision and a order to attend a sex offender programme in Gloucestershire.

He was also placed on the sex offenders register for five years.