A flasher prowled a busy city centre hunting lone girls and women to ambush and corner while exposing himself.

Terence Kamara performed sexual acts on himself in front of a teenager in Canterbury’s Whitefriars shopping centre and a woman in Boots the same day.

After the-26-year-old was arrested, he told detectives he wished to continue offending.

Then, just days after being released on bail, he trapped a petrified woman inside a room and committed the same crime.

Kamara, who even continued his disturbing actions while being held in custody, was jailed for two years and four months at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday.

The Sierra Leone national performed the “aggressive acts” while staring at his victims after cornering them in public in March, prosecutors said.

Judge Rupert Lowe said Kamara’s crime-spree involved “specific targeting” after “going out looking for” victims.

“You went on a campaign of terrifying young female children and women,” he said, adding they suffered “real lasting trauma”.

The court heard all have battled to come to terms with Kamara’s crimes.

Describing recent nightmares, one said: “I wake up and I vomit and I shake more when I am stressed.”

Another said she felt “totally alone and hopeless” when her feelings “turned to fear with what might happen next”.

“I honestly thought ‘women get raped and attacked every day, and this is my turn',” she continued.

“I remember thinking, ‘how could someone do this?’"

“I think he needs help and I want him to feel regret and remorse,” another said.

“I honestly thought ‘women get raped and attacked every day, and this is my turn'..."

Kamara, who appeared in court remotely from HMP Elmley, could be seen with his head bowed, as the statements were read.

Subagarey Pathmanathan, representing Kamara, said he wished to apologise to each victim.

She said he suffered a traumatic childhood and fled to the UK in 2016 while escaping the war-torn south-western coast of Africa.

And she added Kamara’s anti-social actions were owed, in part, to wishing to be imprisoned after finding himself homeless.

But Judge Lowe dismissed the claim, highlighting that Kamara continued his bizarre behaviour despite being held in custody.

The judge also revealed Kamara, of no fixed address, recently told a probation officer he wished to carry on offending.

Kamara pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure and one of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.

He will be made subject to notification requirements for 10 years and a sexual harm prevention order.

Meanwhile, the Home Office will decide whether Kamara will face deportation.

Speaking after the sentencing, investigating officer PC Pat McKenna said: "There is no excuse for the disgraceful offences committed by Terence Kamara, whose actions caused great distress for the woman and girls who witnessed them.

"He made no attempts to hide what he was doing and clearly poses a serious threat to innocent members of the public.

"Kent Police is committed to tackling violence against women and girls and we take robust action against criminals such as Kamara who think little to nothing of the harm their actions cause."