A mother and daughter say their trip to the seaside was ruined when a man repeatedly banged his penis on their window then did a poo next to their car.

They were trying to eat their chips at lunchtime when their car was approached by John Henson who had been on a ‘marathon drinking session’.

The mother told the court: ‘The dirty bugger put me off going to Redcar, and it put my off my dinner.’

One of the women said it put her off her lunch (Picture: NCJM)

Prosecutor Rachael Dodsworth said that he approached the women near the town’s clock tower and whacked his genitals against the car door.


One of the women called him a ‘dirty b******’ and threw chips at him and closed her window, telling her mother who was in the passenger seat to do the same.

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Miss Dodsworth told the court he ‘continued to wiggle his penis around, then tried to get in the car through the window’ during the incident at midday on June 29.



The mother and daughter, who are not from Redcar, said they used to enjoy visiting the town for fish and chips.

One of the women said: ‘It was obscene and disgusting. I normally go to Redcar with my grandchildren but I was so glad I didn’t bring them this time.’

The women were just trying to enjoy their chips (Picture: NCJM)

They shouted at him to go away and tried to move off but were blocked in.

That’s when he dropped his trousers, turned around, bent forward and did a poo in the street next to them.

A witness said: ‘This was an embarrassment for the town of Redcar’.

Henson, 44, had been at a nightclub until 4.30am that morning and continued to drink alone until 8am. He had taken cocaine and then went to a friends house.

Teesside Crown Court heard that he had a difficult childhood and has been an alcoholic since the age of 22.

He was ordered to pay £100 in compensation to the two women and a witness and given an 18-month community order.

A probation worker said: ‘He is disgusted with himself.’

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