Perv admits back seat bus w*nk

A MAN has admitted performing a sex act on himself on a packed bus.

Michael Reid, 35, looked at two female passengers while having a wank on the back row of the top deck on the No. 11 Stagecoach bus at Saltcoats, Ayrshire.

He would pause as new passengers were boarding the bus, so as not to draw attention to what he was doing.

Reid, of Kilwinning, has now been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register after pleading guilty to intentionally engaging in a sexual act in the presence of two minors, contrary to Section 22 of the Sexual Offences Act 2009, at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

Procurator Fiscal Depute Saud Ul- Hassan told the court the incident took place at about 8.20am on July 26 last year, after the girls boarded the bus.

Mr Ul- Hassan said: “He was sitting with a Tesco carrier bag which had a bottle of alcohol in it, and they noted he had repeatedly taken out the bottle to have a drink.

“The witnesses continued to chat to each other and saw the accused masturbating his erect penis over his trousers.”

The girls were so scared of Reid

( left) they began to text each other, rather than speak out loud, and agreed to pretend they were getting off the bus at the next stop.

They told the driver what had happened, and he called a supervisor, before Reid then got off the bus.

As he was detained by police at his home, officers noted it was dirty and there were empty cans and bottles of booze everywhere.

When cautioned and charged with the offence, Reid replied:

“I have to be guilty. I’m really sorry.”

Sheriff Shirley Foran called for background reports to be prepared ahead of sentencing, with a risk assessment, and continued Reid’s bail.