EXCLUSIVE
A serial criminal’s shocking catalog of vile sexual offenses has been revealed after he was caught on CCTV having sex in a major shopping centre.
Joshua Gardner, 38, from Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains, was arrested on November 26 for a string of sexual offenses in Penrith Westfield, western Sydney.
According to police facts seen by Daily Mail Australia, Gardner and a mystery woman initially stripped naked to have sex near the complex’s south entrance on November 20.
While still completely naked, the couple walked to a nearby garden, where they began having sex again.
The scandalous act, which was captured on security footage, lasted 30 minutes before the couple put their clothes back on and fled the scene.
Police arrested Gardner six days later, at 7 a.m. on November 26, and charged him with intentional and indecent exposure and offensive behavior.
But less than an hour after he was granted bail, Gardner returned to the mall and began openly masturbating.
According to police facts, Gardner was released at 10.20am and returned to Westfield at 11am, lying in a smoking area near one of the exits.
Joshua Gardner, 38, (pictured) has been jailed after being arrested having sex in the driveway of a Westfield.
The love affair took place at Penrith Plaza (pictured) in November.
Under his strict bail conditions, he had been banned from entering the Penrith local government area unless he attended court, consulted a lawyer or received medical attention.
But Gardner immediately returned to the busy shopping center and sat masturbating on the sidewalk, his pants down, ogling the women passing by.
He eventually pulled up his pants and left the scene, but returned to the same smoking area at 2 p.m., where he was located by police officers and arrested.
According to police reports, Gardner denied masturbating, but then began touching himself again while in the back of the van.
Once back at the police station, he was also observed with his hands in his pants playing with himself while in custody in his cell.
Gardner appeared at Penrith Local Court on December 10, where prosecutors noted he had a “long history with the police”.
He has previously been charged on 69 separate occasions with property crimes, burglary, drugs, indecent exposure and multiple bail violations.
Gardner also had 11 warrants out for his arrest and had carried out a series of bizarre robberies at the mall the night before his arrest, prosecutors said.
Gardner went to the Flight Center in Penrith Westfield at 9.06pm on November 25 and jumped over a 2m security gate blocking the entrance, according to facts presented to the court.
Pictured: One of the southern entrances to the Penrith Westfield complex.
Gardner also admitted to breaking into the Flight Center store the night before his arrest.
He also jumped over the counter to access the Donut King store (pictured).
At that time, the center’s main doors were still open but many stores were closed.
Once he was inside the travel shop, he wandered around for a short period of time before jumping over the fence again.
He then jumped over the counter of the nearby Donut King and then stayed behind the counter, according to police facts.
He performed that same sequence of actions twice before leaving the mall a short time later.
Two weeks before that incident, on Nov. 16, he also broke into the downtown Boost Juice store and stood behind the counter, according to police facts.
The court heard Gardner is currently homeless and has been sleeping in a makeshift tent in Triangle Park, which is across from Westfield.
The prosecution argued that Gardner will not comply with bail conditions and “continues to commit crimes within the community,” and “does not respect standards accepted by the general public.”
Although the sexual intercourse incident occurred late at night, prosecutors noted that the area where it took place is “open and used by the public and Westfield workers.”
Pictured: Triangle Park, opposite Penrith Plaza, where Gardner has been living in a tent.
Gardner pleaded guilty to five offenses relating to the sexual incident, public masturbation and the break-ins.
Magistrate Gregory Moore fined Gardner $400 for having sex outside the mall and convicted him without penalty on three counts of entering prohibited premises without a lawful excuse.
For masturbating in public, Magistrate Moore sentenced Gardner to spend 14 days in prison. He was released from prison on December 20.
Police have not been able to identify Gardner’s sexual partner and no charges have been filed against her.