Transgender charity shop worker who is transitioning into a woman exposed 'her penis' to two 11-year-old girls from the window of her home, court hears

A transgender charity shop worker allegedly exposed ‘her penis’ to two 11-year-old girls as they walked past the window of her home.

Samantha Norris, who is transitioning from a man to a woman, is accused of ‘glorying’ her nudity in front of the girls on two occasions in July, last year.

The 56-year-old, who says she is a ‘naturist’ who enjoys being naked in her own home, is accused of ‘manipulating’ her genitals in full view of the girls two days in a row.

On one occasion the defendant, who appeared at Southampton Crown Court today wearing a half-pink half-leopard-print top, is accused of pulling down her trousers in front of the pair and was allegedly still naked when they walked past again two hours later.

Norris, of Hampshire, has been charged with indecent exposure and engaging in sexual activity in front of the girls, all of which she denies.

Samantha Norris is standing trial at Southampton Crown Court accused of exposing ‘her penis’ to two children. She denies the offences. Pictured: A view of Southampton Crown Court

Speaking to the jury of eight women and four men on Monday, judge Christopher Parker KC, said: ‘Samantha Norris is in the course of gender transition at the moment and prefers to be referred to as she.’

Charles Gabb, prosecuting, told the jury that Norris, who worked at a Sue Ryder charity shop, was naked by the window of her home when she was seen by the two girls on two days in a row.

He said: ‘The defendant, Miss Norris, now transitioning, she has a penis, was standing there fully naked, on the first day almost glorifying in that nudity over quite a period of time knowing the girls were there and drawing attention to herself.

‘And the next day when she saw them again and she was naked, glorying in her nudity, almost posturing, definitely manipulating her penis with these two young girls being able to see all this.

‘The Crown would suggest there was no attempt to cover up, no attempts of any modesty or propriety.’

He said that one of the girls described the defendant ‘throwing her penis around’ and added ‘both children could see her playing with her penis and knowing the children were watching.

‘It certainly caused alarm for these two children and an element of distress as well.’

Mr Gabb said that the defendant denied the charges but told police that she was a ‘naturist’ and ‘enjoyed being naked in her own home’ but denied the allegations made by the two children including ‘playing or manipulating her penis openly’.

In a recorded police interview, one of the girls said that she and the other girl had seen the defendant through his window as she pulled down her trousers and added that she was still naked two hours later.

She said: ‘He looked naked from where he stood in the window. He was still looking out the window two hours later.’

The girl said that the defendant changed windows as she moved so she could ‘continue staring at us’.

She said: ‘I felt like really anxious,’ and added: ‘I felt a bit unsafe because he was trying to look at us at all times.’

The girl said that the defendant was naked again the following day and added: ‘I shouted out: ‘Can you please stop that? We are under-age,’ but he carried on which made us very uncomfortable.’

She added: ‘He had his penis in his hand and was throwing it around, I just walked away because I didn’t want to see it, to be honest. It was like he was trying to make us watch.’

The trial continues.