A drunken man broke into a central London park and attempted to have sex with a fence, a London court heard last week.
24-year-old Daniel French made "sexual motions" towards metal railings in Leicester Square Gardens after being challenged by police in the early hours of a Sunday morning, Westminster Magistrates' Court was told. "He said words to the effect of: 'I'm going to have sex with that fence'," said Philip Lemoine, prosecuting.
"The gardens were locked and police asked French to leave. He was drunk and there were some sexual motions - drunken silliness - to the railings." Lemoine added: "French said he had a relative who was a solicitor and would teach the police a lesson."
French, of Verity Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, admitted being drunk and disorderly after a night out in the West End, but angrily denied making romantic overtures towards the fence.
"That's not right at all about the fence. I was surrounded by three big police officers. I felt I was being bullied and wanted to go home. They were pushing me against the fence and trying to provoke me," he told the magistrates. "The suggestion that I was trying to do something sexual to the railings is disgusting."
French was sentenced to serve the time he had already spent in custody since his arrest - meaning he was allowed to walk free from court.
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