Sunday, November 18, 2007

Bike sex case sparks legal debate - Another update

The case of a man convicted of simulating sex with his bicycle has sparked a debate about human rights and the privacy of an individual.

Internet message boards have been buzzing with comment about the case of Robert Stewart, 51, from Ayr.

One contributor asked: "Would they have done the same to a woman with a sex toy?"

This is not the first legal case involving someone simulating sex with an inanimate object.

In 1997 Robert Watt, 38, was fined £100 for trying to have sex with a shoe in an Edinburgh street.

In 2002 the same man was arrested for simulating sex with a traffic cone in front of a crowd of people.

Earlier this month, sentence was deferred on teenager Steven Marshall, from Galashiels, who admitted simulating sex on a pavement while drunk.

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