A sex offender who sucked a woman’s toes in a London park begged a judge to let him undergo counselling in a bid to stop his wife finding out about his perverted behaviour.

Graeme Kirsten, 52, of Rembrandt Court, Epsom, performed a sex act on a woman in the middle of the afternoon in upmarket Cavendish Square, just a stone’s throw from London’s Oxford Street.

Kirsten, who had an earlier conviction for masturbating in the street in 2011, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency earlier this month.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday, August 28, for sentencing.

Magistrate Paul Brooks told Kirsten he must undergo treatment as a sex offender or go to jail.

He said: "As far as sentencing is concerned, we can’t give you a less serious sentence.

"Given your previous conviction, you are in danger of crossing the custody threshold."

But pony-tailed Kirsten told the court he wanted one-to-one counselling instead of a sex offender’s programme.

He said: "With the sex offender’s programme, I just can’t do it without my wife finding out.

"I ask you to take this into account, not for me, because I know I’ve done wrong, but my marriage needs to be considered."

Mr Brooks told him: "We don’t think that’s sufficient."

Izolda Switala-Gribbin, prosecuting, told the court that the sex act in Cavendish Square on June 26 was consensual.

She said: "He was stroking her leg and placed one of her toes in his mouth.

"He put his hand on her breast and used his left hand to go up her leg and touch her vaginal area.

"He was then seen rubbing her up and down."

Ms Switala-Gribbin added: "He was convicted in 2011 of a similar matter.

"The defendant was arrested for masturbating in the street in front of the public and police officers."

Kirsten was given a 24-month community order for outraging public decency, with a requirement to complete the sexual offender’s treatment programme.

His female companion is being prosecuted separately after pleading not guilty to the same offence.

 

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