A BASINGSTOKE man was caught pleasuring himself in a layby by lorry driver who filmed the incident after being told to "f*** off".

On Tuesday, July 11, last year, Christopher Wenman, of Hillary Road, was caught masturbating in a layby on the A3 Northbound near Petersfield.

He appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, January 2 and during the hearing the 41-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence.

The court heard that the lorry driver pulled over in the layby to have a sleep when the sensor alarm in his cab went off.

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Prosecutor Kerry Richardson said: "He was driving his lorry on the A3 northbound when he decided it was where he was going to keep his lorry to sleep.

"His attention was drawn to the left side of the lorry where an alarm went off. He looked out the left side of his cab and noticed a man with his trousers around his ankles. The man told him to f*** off."

Ms Richardson told the court that the driver then saw the male continuing to masturbate next to the fuel tank of the lorry, she said the lorry driver was told "again to f*** off."

She added: "He [the lorry driver] recorded Wenman doing the act on his phone camera. The police were called to the incident and they arrested Wenman."

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In mitigation Simon Moger said a pre sentence report would need to be produced before sentencing can take place. 

Wenman, who appeared in the dock, spoke only to confirm his name and address.

He will be sentenced at the same court on Thursday, February 8 and will remain on unconditional bail until then.