Hairdresser Caught Having Sex In Car After Boozy Cocaine Night Out

A hairdresser was caught by a shocked passer-by, who filmed her having sex in her VW Beetle, while nearly three times the drink-drive limit having snorted a line of cocaine the night before, a court heard today.

Julianne O'Connor, 33, claims the female pedestrian started filming her and her boyfriend on her mobile phone while the pair had sex when parked in a residential suburban street after a saturday night drinking-session.

The mum-of-one pleaded guilty to outraging public decency by being naked and having sexual intercourse in the vehicle in Mount Ephraim Road, Streatham on May 25.

She also admitted being in charge of the car with 96 microgrammes of alcohol in her breath - the legal limit is 35 - and possessing a small wrap of cocaine in nearby De Montford Road.

Prosecutor Mr. Brinkman May told Camberwell Green Magistrates Court it was 7.55am when the pedestrian spotted the pair.

"She noticed a male and female in a blue VW having sex or performing a sex act and was clearly alarmed by what was going on and called the police."

Officers caught up with O'Connor in a nearby street and although her car's engine was still warm they had no evidence she had been driving.

"Both individuals seemed to be under the influence of drink or drugs and after police found cocaine in Miss O'Connor's handbag she told them she had done a line earlier.

"She was found in the vehicle and it was suspected she had been driving, but we can't prove it.

"She fully admitted having he class A drugs and she was mortified and apologetic, explaining her judgment was impaired by drink and drugs and did not know it was so late.

"Miss O'Connor said she felt she was being filmed because the witness had her phone out."

Her lawyer Miss Natalie Cottrell told the court: "This was a very regrettable event and she regrets what happened that day.

"This was a Saturday, Sunday night just before the Bank Holiday and she was out drinking that evening and met up with her boyfriend.

"She didn't want him in her home, but spoke with him in the car and one thing led to another.

"She is very remorseful and tearful and says she is a very, very occasional user of cocaine, a social user and does not have a problem.

"It was due to drinking earlier that impaired her judgment and she did not mean to cause distress to anyone. This witness had a good look and was very close to her car window."

First-time offender O'Connor spent twenty-four hours in Brixton Police Station before she was charged and her boyfriend accepted a caution.

She was fined £280 for being in charge of the vehicle while over the limit, disqualified for six months and fined £150 for possessing the cocaine.

There was no separate penalty for the outraging public decency charge, but O'Connor was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £28 victim surcharge.