‘Masturbating? I was scratching my eczema, guv’

A train passenger caught with his trousers down while watching porn explained to a ticket inspector he was scratching his eczema.

Richard Mortiboys, 42, watched explicit footage on his mobile phone while pleasuring himself on a train to Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Kate Shilton, prosecuting told Westminster Magistrates: ‘On September 15 this year Mr Mortiboys was sat in the rear carriage on a train to Tunbridge Wells.

‘It was just after midnight.

‘A ticket inspector walked into the carriage and saw Mr Mortiboys trousers down by his ankles and he was masturbating.

‘He was watching porn on his phone.

‘Nobody else saw him do it.’

Mortiboys was then removed from the train and arrested, the court heard.

She said: ‘Police found in his pocket a small wrap of cocaine.

‘Mr Waterboys had initially denied masturbating and said the only reason he could think of for why his trousers were down was he was scratching his eczema.’

After Mortiboys admitted exposure and possession of a class A drug,

Judge Paul Goldspring adjourned sentence until December 6 and said: ‘In due course you will be given full credit for your guilty plea.

‘You will appreciate the seriousness of what you did, and the impact it could have had it someone had seen it.

‘The court must at least look at custody and I’m going to adjourn for reports.

Mortiboys, of Bosville Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, admitted one count of exposure and one of possesion of a class A drug.