Man pleasured himself in pub beer garden for 40 minutes after snorting five lines of cocaine

A 35-year-old man performed a sex act in a pub beer garden. Magistrates in Blackburn, Lancashire, heard Michael Brian Scott was pleasuring himself for 40 minutes before he was arrested.

Scott, of Blackburn, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency. Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said Scott had a previous history for obscene behaviour and had previously been jailed for 32 weeks for outraging public decency.



"He was in the beer garden of Clitheroe Kate's on Mincing Lane and people were constantly walking past," said Miss Allan. The court heard Scott had been drinking and had snorted five lines of cocaine before committing the offence. 
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Richard Prew, defending, said Scott couldn't explain his behaviour. "He has been working as a fork lift truck driver for the last two years and lives with his partner who sits at the back of court," said Mr Prew. "She finds his behaviour difficult to explain." Scott was remanded in custody and sent to Preston Crown Court to be sentenced.