Eugenio Freitas left shoppers disgusted after he was spotted performing a sex act on himself in a supermarket (Picture: NTI)

A grandfather caught masturbating in a Sainsbury’s meat aisle has been banned from every supermarket in UK.

Eugenio Freitas, 49, was recorded on CCTV pleasuring himself through his trousers for ten minutes at a store in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

The married father-of-four pleaded guilty to outraging public decency and was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence on Wednesday.

A court heard how Mr Freitas had ‘fully intended’ to go shopping on July 8 but became overwhelmed by his ‘excessive sexual drive’.


‘At first a member of staff gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he was adjusting himself,’ said prosecutor Marcus Harry.

Eugenio Freitas was caught masturbating in Sainsbury’s (Picture: PA)

‘But she was then called to the CCTV area after a shopper complained to a security officer.



‘The staff member and security officer viewed CCTV of the defendant.

‘He was seen for about ten minutes with his hands down his trousers and in his pocket with his hands moving around. ‘

The offender was put on the sex offenders’ register in 2010 after being found guilty of exposing himself – also in a supermarket.

He has been banned from entering Britain’s supermarkets unless he is supervised by an adult.