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Drunk Scott Taylor urinated against a wall in the middle of the afternoon - in full view of passing children.

The 30-year-old had been drinking when he got out of a car outside Bargain Booze, in Bradeley - and relieved himself.

North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard the incident happened in Joyce Avenue at 4.45pm on November 25.

Prosecutor Ruth Bentley told the court: "The defendant was a passenger in a car which pulled up outside Bargain Booze at 4.45pm. The defendant got out. He was in drink.

"He began to urinate against a wall. He was struggling to stand up. He made no effort to conceal his genitals from the public, which included females and children."

Taylor, of Sprinkbank Road, Chell Heath, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place following the incident. The court heard he has several previous convictions.

James Hulse, mitigating, said: "Mr Taylor accepts responsibility. He accepts it was a product of how much alcohol he had consumed.

"He has found the whole situation embarrassing. He went to the shop and needed to go to the toilet. Because of his state of intoxication he did not do it as discreetly as he should have."

Magistrates fined Taylor £40 and he must also pay £135 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

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