A man pulled down his pants in front of startled shoppers and tried to have sex with a postbox.
Paul Bennett, 45, "started to make sexual advances" towards the traditional red pillar and shouted "wow" while rubbing himself up and down against it.
A woman shopper saw him performing the bizarre and lewd act in the Scholes Precinct in Greater Manchester on September 9 last year.
Bennett pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent exposure and using threatening and abusive words with abusive behaviour at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court.
Katie Beattie, prosecuting, said the complainant heard shouting and swearing outside her window and saw the drunken defendant arguing with a woman.
The woman left and Bennett lay down on a bench in the precinct and started to shout, before sitting up and exposing himself by pulling his trousers down.
Miss Beattie said he then began performing a sex act and walked over to the postbox and "started to make sexual advances towards it".
The court was told the woman then witnessed Bennett rubbing up against the postbox with his trousers down before walking away.
The defendant's arms were raised described as being in a star position, as he continued to expose himself while shouting "wow".
Ms Beattie said: "The victim was alarmed by his behaviour. The victim rang the police. She was disgusted by his behaviour."
Bennett pulled his pants up then swung on a lamppost before looking at a reflection of himself in a window.
He was found by police officers at the front of a shop in the precinct where he was still exposing himself.
The court heard that drunken Bennett became agitated and clenched his teeth as he shouted and swore at the officers.
Defending, Martin Jones said: "The lady watched for some time and was ashamed, disgusted and upset and my client accepts that.
"Clearly there are issues that need to be addressed."
Bennett was handed a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment and supervision requirement.
pictures of the bloke and the postbox here (not in the act of doing it)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11350409/Drunk-man-tries-to-have-sex-with-postbox.html
He was put on the s*x register, which seems a bit OTT and might affect his employment? A complete p*sshead register would be fair.
I've been on a messy stag night where something a bit like that happened, the guy was just completely pissed and thought it was funny (which it was), he wasn't a p*st. No it wasn't me
He was put on the s*x register, which seems a bit OTT and might affect his employment?A complete p*sshead register would be fair.I've been on a messy stag night where something a bit like that happened, the guy was just completely pissed and thought
I'm amazed those gold-painted Olympic ones haven't been targeted. They are very sexy temptresses, a bit like Jill Masterson in 'Goldfinger' but without all the badly written letters inside. Any man's head would surely be turned.
I'm amazed those gold-painted Olympic ones haven't been targeted. They are very sexy temptresses, a bit like Jill Masterson in 'Goldfinger' but without all the badly written letters inside. Any man's head would surely be turned.
Bennett was handed a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment and supervision requirement
surely any treatment shouldn't involve giving him alcohol?
Bennett was handed a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment and supervision requirementsurely any treatment shouldn't involve giving him alcohol?