Friday, March 24, 2006

Big Brother D'oh!

Sex pair caught by spy camera

A rare night out with friends landed a Wollaston couple in trouble when they were caught by CCTV cameras indulging in a lewd sex act in Stourbridge High Street.

Derek Miller and Sharon Little, both aged 33, pleaded guilty to outraging public indecency in the incident, on February 25, when they appeared before Halesowen Magistrates.

The couple, who live at Hodge Hill Avenue, were spotted committing the sex act in full view of the High Street at 12.40pm, while leaning against a shop window opposite the former Toad pub.

CCTV operators on the lookout for trouble in the town centre saw the pair and notified the police.

Mr Joseph Keating, prosecuting, said Little had been seen sticking her fingers up at passers by during the incident.

Miss Sabhia Pathan, defending, said the couple had been "extremely inebriated" at the time of the incident. "This is a classic case of 'when the drink is in, the sense is very much out'," she said.
Miss Pathan said she was also concerned by the number of police who had turned up at the scene after counting around 10 officers and two riot vans on the CCTV footage.

They were given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £60 each costs.