This couple have been found guilty of outraging public decency by indulging in a sex act during a crowded BBC Radio 2 concert in Hyde Park. Lisanne Beck, 47, and her boyfriend Simon Murphy, 48, were filmed on a mobile phone locked in lewd behaviour at the family event on September 14 last year. On Wednesday, a jury at the Old Bailey unanimously found Beck, a hospitality waitress, and Murphy, a gardener, both of Swansea, guilty of behaving indecently by engaging in sexual activity including oral sex. The pair, who had denied the charge, were criticised by the judge for their "particularly revolting behaviour in public". During the trial Beck claimed she was just trying to help Murphy to the toilet in the incident, which happened while Paloma Faith was singing on the main stage. Beck says that on a scale of one-to-10 of drunkenness, she was probably about a five, adding she was "tipsy and merry" while Murphy seemed normal and "just happy" to her. Ms Beck told the jury: "I shook him because I wanted to wake him up and to try and assist him to the toilet. "He had not been to the toilet and I knew that he gets discomfort in his stomach because of a medical condition - IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)." An off-duty policeman and children were among those attending the September 14 concert who spotted the incident, the court was told. Norfolk Constabulary detective inspector Phillip Gray had said he saw a girl who was probably 15 or 16 moving away "clearly upset by what was going on". There was also an Asian couple nearby and the male "moved the woman away", he recalled. He suggested the man involved "appeared to be asleep if I am honest". Security officers were called in and threw the couple out of the festival. The couple had each drunk about three or four cans of cider before arriving at the venue. Beck said she also had drunk from a pre-mixed bottle of vodka and cola. The incident happened after Beck came back from the toilets and Murphy was on the ground. Murphy did not give evidence at the trial but told officers in a police interview that he was completely unaware of anything improper happening. Beck and Murphy stood quietly in the dock as Judge Charles Wide QC told them that they "both need to be taught a lesson by being fined" for this "particularly revolting behaviour in public" where a large number of people, possibly including children, could see what they were doing. He ordered them to each lb1,000 to be paid by November 13 or face 21 days in prison if they fail to pay it. They must also each pay lb1,750 in prosecution costs. The jury took just under three hours to reach its verdicts. The judge told the couple: "The fact that you are in the crown court is something that you have entirely brought on yourself by electing trial and by not admitting what you were both doing - that does not aggravate the offence, and I make that clear, but it puts the public to considerable expense." He said there was "no doubt what you were doing". As he brought the case to a close, the judge told the couple: "I hope that no court ever sees either of you again." He also turned to the jury and described this as "a highly unusual case".

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Couple who indulged in oral sex at outdoor Radio 2 concert found guilty of outraging public decency

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