Man caught masturbating to Alan Sugar's autobiography in library

A pervert was caught pleasuring himself in a public library — while reading Alan Sugar's autobiography. The unnamed man, who is in his 30s, was spotted acting strangely as he browsed the business section at Crawley Library, in the West Sussex town, last Thursday.

Security guards detained the man after staff saw him select the surly Apprentice boss's book What You See Is What You Get, before covering his lap with his coat and touching himself. Police were called and held the man on suspicion of outraging public decency.



A source at the library, who did not want to be named, said the man arrived just after it opened at 9am. He said: "He spent about 20 minutes looking through the books in the business section before selecting Alan Sugar's autobiography.

"He was behaving rather oddly so we kept an eye on him and then he just sat down with his coat over his lap and started pleasuring himself as he looked through the book. It was very bizarre behaviour and our security guys got a hold of him before too many people saw what he was doing." The man was cautioned and banned from returning to the library.