Woman caught having sex in doorway of church days after being caught having sex in car park

A 30-year-old Derby woman was caught having sex in the doorway of a city centre Catholic church. A week before Navina Spring was also seen having intercourse by a mother with her child at 1.30pm in the afternoon. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court was told how a St Mary’s Catholic Church volunteer who came across Spring and the man told police he felt “disgusted and angered by what he saw” when he found the couple in the foyer of a fire exit door at the Bridgegate church at 8.30pm on July 27.

Just eight days previously, in broad daylight, Spring and the man were caught by a mother and daughter and a security guard having sex in the car park that is used by Derby City Council staff. The hearing was told that Spring, of Derby, was “very drunk” on both occasions and was “unaware what she was doing could be seen by the public”. Stephen Cooper, for Spring, said: “The volunteer at St Mary’s Church reported the incident to the police after coming across the defendant and a man in the foyer of the fire exit at the church. He reports that he was disgusted and angered by what he saw.



“Miss Spring was just lying there letting the man do what he wanted to her. At the time of both offences she was homeless and in a very vulnerable position and put her trust in the man. She has limited emotional strength but accepts by her guilty plea that she was equally culpable for what happened. It is clear that alcohol is something she uses as a crutch to lean upon.” George Speed, prosecuting, said the first offence took place at 1.30pm on July 19 in the car park. He said: “A security guard came across the defendant lying on her back with a man on top of her. Both were naked from the waist down, there was no clothing on their bottom halves and the security guard said there were a number of members of the public in the area at the time.

“The incident was witnessed by a mother and her young daughter who also reported it to the police who arrived and told the pair to get dressed.” Spring and the man, who has already been prosecuted and dealt with by the courts for both offences, were both on bail for the first offence when the second offence took place at St Mary’s Church. Spring pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an act of outraging public decency and a separate count of being drunk and disorderly. The hearing was told how she had previous offences for being drunk and disorderly, but is now in a stable relationship with a new partner. Magistrates handed her a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment requirement. She must also pay £85 prosecution costs and a £60 victim surcharge.