'Star-crossed lovers' spotted having sex
Robert Workman, 27, and 38-year old Carol Etches, both of Murrayburn Gardens, pleaded guilty at the city's Sheriff Court yesterday to committing a breach of the peace by engaging in a sexual act in the World's End Close on the Royal Mile on September 21.
The pair's amorous encounter was spotted at about 8.30pm by a member of staff at the World's End pub when he went out to smoke a cigarette.
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Hide AdDefence agent Mark Hutchison described the couple as "a pair of star-crossed lovers". They had, he said, been separated when Workman received a custodial sentence and got carried away after being reunited.