A man in Wigan, England, has been stamped as a sex offender after being found guilty of having sex with a mailbox.<\/p>\n
Paul Bennett, 45, pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of indecent exposure and using threatening and abusive words with abusive behavior, the Mirror reports.<\/p>\n
The plea stemmed from a Sept. 9 incident where he attempted to have sex with a mailbox in a public area.<\/p>\n
Witnesses told the court they saw Bennett pull down his pants in a shopping arcade and start to publicly perform a sexual act on himself in public.<\/p>\n
Prosecuting attorney Kate Beattie said Bennett then walked over to the postbox and “started to make sexual advances towards it,” according to the Mirror.<\/p>\n
Bennett reportedly rubbed himself against the mailbox while holding his hands in the air. Witnesses said he kept shouting \u201cWow!\u201d during his mailbox masturbation.<\/p>\n
After he finished, Bennett pulled up his pants and started swinging on a lamppost, according to the Manchester Evening News.<\/p>\n
Police later found Bennett exposing himself in front of another store. Officers said he drunkenly shouted and swore at them, according to the Express.<\/p>\n
Bennett’s attorney, Martin Jones, told the court he realizes his client’s behavior left witnesses “ashamed, disgusted and upset.”<\/p>\n
“My client accepts that,” he said, according to the Telegraph. “Clearly there are issues that need to be addressed.”<\/p>\n
A court ordered Bennett to undergo alcohol treatment, and pay $75 to the woman who witnessed his mailbox sex session.<\/p>\n
He will also have to register as a Sex Offender, Wigan Today reports.<\/p>\n
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Source:\u00a0huffingtonpost.com<\/p>\n
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