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A couple caught having sex in a Domino's pizza takeaway as employees worked on the other side of the counter are facing jail today.

Daniella Hirst and Craig Smith were waiting for their stuffed crust pizza when they let their "exuberant spirits get the better of them", a court heard.

They were captured in extraordinary 18-minute CCTV footage engaging in a sex act and having sex in the delivery shop in Scarborough.

They are due to be sentenced at the town's magistrates court this afternoon.

Chairwoman of the bench, Angela Beardshall, said at an earlier hearing that a custodial sentence could not be ruled out for the "serious" offence.

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The sentencing comes weeks after 29-year-old Hirst reportedly apologised for the incident, saying she and Smith, 31, "deserve to be punished".

The couple were filmed ordering food and messing around with a yellow cleaning cone at the shop on Castle Road, before Hirst performed a sex act on Smith.

They were then seen having sex while leaning on the counter close to the till.

Staff could be seen working in the kitchen as the couple, both of Bridlington, continued their antics. Delivery staff also came and went during the footage.

Hirst previously told The Sun: “This isn’t me. I’m not normally like this. I was playing about with my boyfriend who I love and it got totally out of hand."

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She reportedly added: "I’m understandably scared about the possibility of going to prison but I’ll have to deal with it if it happens.

"What we did was horrendous and we deserve to be punished.

Hirst pleaded guilty to outraging public decency at a hearing last month.

Smith was found guilty of the same offence after a 30-minute trial, which was held in his absence while he was in prison in relation to other matters.

Magistrates at the trial watched the 18-minute footage of the incident.

Hirst sat at the back of Scarborough Magistrates' Court with her hands over her eyes as the more explicit parts of the clip was shown. The pair performed the sex act largely shielded away from the camera out of shot in the corner of the shop.

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A court heard Hirst later described her behaviour as "horrendous" and she "cringed" when watching the CCTV footage back during police interview.

North Yorkshire Police were first made aware of the footage by the local media after it was posted on Twitter by a member of the Domino's staff.

Neil Holdsworth, prosecuting, previously told the court: "This charge is committing an act outraging public decency by behaving in an indecent manner.

"This case is about an occasion where the two defendants engaged in sexual activity in a Domino's pizza outlet which was open to the public, with members of staff present."

Scott McLoughlin, the couple's solicitor, told the court the incident happened after the pair had been drinking.

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He suggested that although the sex acts had been in public, they were not "brazen".

Mr McLoughlin told the magistrates that the CCTV footage was illegally uploaded to the Internet by a member of staff at the pizza store and, if it was not for this, the acts would not have been viewed by thousands of people.

Ms Beardshall said a custodial sentence couldn't be ruled out.

She previously said: "The prosecution has not obtained this footage illegally although it may well be it was distributed improperly.

"In coming to our decision we do take note Mr Smith has not attended but do deem him present via his solicitor.

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"We have watched the footage and it's not disputed the male in the footage is Mr Smith. A great deal of the acts were lewd, obscene and disgusting.

"Members of staff were present and the defendants could not be sure that members of the public would not enter the premises.

"We view this offence as so serious that it passes the custody threshold. The offence was in a public place. Members of the public were present and so were staff.

"Members of the public should not have to put up with this disgusting behaviour."