Dumiso Mpofu (24) was seen by a shocked female dog walker sitting in his car performing a sEx act on himself. He was arrested at his workplace shortly after, and denied everything.
He later pleaded not guilty to exposure, and the case subsequently went to trial last month, where the dog walker gave evidence against Mpofu and he was found guilty of the charge.
Wayne Hardy, representing Mpotu, said his client had since found another, similar, job but expected to lose that job following his sentencing for a sEx crime if he was put on the sex offenders register.
Mr Hardy said that at the same time as performing the sEx act, his client was on a video call to his girlfriend in Zimbabwe, from where Mpofu had come to the UK a year ago. He said: “In the heat of the moment he became aroused while talking to his girlfriend on the phone.
He said his client had not expected anyone to walk past and see him, and that the exposure was not deliberate. He said Mpofu had pleaded not guilty
“out of shame” at what he had done.
