A MAN has been banned for life from a public city park after he allegedly dropped his pants and tried to have sex with a tree.

William Shaw, 21, has been ordered by a court not to enter Central Park in Airdrie, Scotland after claims he attempted to have intercourse with the plant.



It is alleged he dropped his trousers and underpants while in the visitor attraction in September last year.



It is claimed he then tried to have simulated sex with the tree while his trousers were around his ankles.

Shaw, of Airdrie, pleaded not guilty to an act of public indecency at the town's sheriff court.



Sheriff Frank Pieri released Shaw on bail on the condition that he stays away from Central Park.



A neighbour said: "I have seen him about and he seems a quiet lad."



Shaw is due to stand trial next month. He was also accused of committing the offence while on bail for another matter from November 2007.



It is not the first bizarre sex charge to hit the headlines in Scotland.



In 2007 Steven Marshall, 19, admitted simulating sex with the pavement in Galashiels, Selkirkshire.



In the same year Robert Stewart, 53, was caught by two cleaners having sex with a bicycle in his hostel room in Ayr.

Originally published as Tree sex man ordered to leave