A drunk British man tried to have sex with a mailbox. He’s now a sex offender.
Paul Bennett, 45, walked up to one of the traditional red mailboxes in a shopping district in Wigan, England and dropped his pants on Sept. 9. According to the Mirror, prosecutors said in court that he was heard screaming “Wow,” as he rubbed himself up and down against the post.
A woman was shocked by what she saw and called police. The prosecutor also said that another witness heard yelling and cursing outside her window. When she looked outside, she saw Bennett arguing with another woman.
The prosecutor, Katie Beattie, explained that after the argument, he walked over to the post office and “started to make sexual advances towards it.”
After he was finished, Bennett pulled up his pants and jumped up to swing on a lamppost, reports Manchester Evening News.
Police officers arrested Bennett in front of another shop in the area, where he was exposing himself again.
According to The Huffington Post, Bennett’s attorney, Martin Jones, pushed for getting his client help.
"My client accepts that," he said, the Telegraph reports. "Clearly there are issues that need to be addressed."
Bennett will have to pay £50 to the woman who saw his sex act with the mailbox and will have to register as a sex offender.