A supermarket car parking assistant was spotted having a sexual encounter in broad daylight with a suspected prostitute.
A shocked witness saw David Lean when she arrived at the Iceland store on King Street, Southport, with her mum and three-year-old child, on May 21.
Liverpool Crown Court heard she knew him from previous visits when he was particularly friendly with her daughter.
When they came out of the store ten minutes later she noticed 68-year-old Lean with a young woman walking down the side of the store to the delivery area near some shrubbery.
Simon Duncan, prosecuting, told the court that she saw he had his hand down the woman’s pants and then saw him on his knees in front of her engaging in sex act.
The outraged shopper went and told the store manager who came out and was also shocked to see what was going on in public view.
The woman, believed to have been a young prostitute, walked off and when the police arrived they found Lean at the side of the building and arrested him.
When interviewed Lean, of Portland Street, Southport, said he had “a good idea what she was” as he had seen her before and she asked for £10 for a sex act. He said he had put his hand down her pants but denied doing anything else.
Lean, who has no similar previous convictions, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency.
He was sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for 12 months and a 20 day probation activity requirement.
Mark Phillips, defending, said that Lean has now lost his job and has been targeted locally since news of the incident came to light.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/