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A drunk continually whacked his penis against a car and then did a poo on the floor - as the women inside the vehicle ate their chips.

John Henson had been on a marathon drinking session when he ruined the women’s seaside trip to Redcar .

Without warning, he opened his trousers and began whacking his genitals against the car door, Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard.

The driver called the man a “dirty b*****d” and threw some chips towards him, shut her window and then screamed for her mum, a passenger in the car, to do the same.

Prosecutor Rachael Dodsworth said Henson, 44, “continued to wiggle his penis around, then tried to get in the car through the window”.

Panicked, the women shouted for Henson to go away and tried to move the car - parked off Central Terrace, near Redcar’s clock tower - but they were blocked in.

At this point he dropped his trousers, turned and bent forward, and did a poo in the street near the car.

The bizarre series of events unfolded at around midday on June 29 close to Henson’s home at Henson Mews, Redcar.

The court also heard Henson shouted obscene sexual remarks at the women, before he was eventually calmed down.

The women - not from the area - said they used to enjoy coming to Redcar for fish and chips, but their idyllic day out was sullied.

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In a statement read to the court, one of the victims 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 dirty b****r put me off going to Redcar, and it put me off my dinner.”

Another witness said: “This was an embarrassment for the town of Redcar.”

A probation report prepared about Henson said he had been to a nightclub until 4.30am that morning, carried on drinking alone until 8am and had took cocaine, before going to a friend’s house.

“He is disgusted with himself,” a probation worker told the court on Tuesday.

“He says he had a difficult childhood, growing up in Guisborough. He says when he drinks he drinks heavily.”

John Nixon, mitigating, said Henson had been an alcoholic since he was 22 and also mentioned a difficult childhood.

He said he fully admitted his crimes and showed remorse.

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District Judge Kristina Harrison said: “I am sure having heard all of that, you realise how unpleasant your behaviour was towards these women.

“They found it extremely distressing - and can you blame them?”

He was given an 18 month community order with six months supervision, and 25 rehabilitation activity days.

Henson, who pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and being drunk and disorderly, was also ordered to pay the three women in the car - as well as the by-passer - £100 in compensation.