Two women performed sex act on each other in front of horrified children on school run
TWO women performed a sex act on each other in front of horrified children on the school run, a court heard.
Rosalind Fitzgerald, 42, and Sarah Crawford, 39, had been drinking all night at a party when they got frisky in Gateshead.
They have now pleaded guilty to outraging public decency following the December 11 act.
Newcastle Magistrates' Court was told the pair were seen engaging in a sex act together near the doorway of a shop at 8.40am.
Prosecutor Paul Anderson said: "Of course at that time of the day there would have been children going to school."
Both women appeared in court separately, with Fitzgerald handed a 12-month community order and fined £120.
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The chair of the bench told Fitzgerald, who has previous convictions "We've heard you may not be a stranger to these proceedings but you are lightly convicted.
"Clearly there is a lot going on in your world (but) this is still an offence that needs to be considered."
Alanna Wesencraft, defending, said Fitzgerald is "incredibly disappointed in herself".
She added: "She has not repeated any of this behaviour."
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Crawford, of North Shields, North Tyneside, had her sentence adjourned until July.
The charge against her stated she was "involved in a sexual act with Rosalind Fitzgerald, within the sight and to the outrage of other persons then present".
