Pavement sex teenager sentenced

A teenager who simulated sex on a pavement in the Scottish Borders has been put on probation for 12 months.

Steven Marshall, 18, of Woodstock Avenue, Galashiels, admitted a charge of public indecency on 17 June.

Selkirk Sheriff Court was told how he got into a press-up position with his trousers down on his home street and simulated sexual intercourse.



The court heard Marshall was "very ashamed" and it was decided not to put him on the sex offenders' register.

Mark Harrower, defending, told the court that Marshall had an arthritis condition which required medication and had been drinking to excess.

"He does appear very ashamed about it and very shocked at his behaviour," he said.