A driver was caught with his pants down, literally, while having sex with a young woman at the back seat of a car by a passer-by who noticed that this was public indecency activity.
A video shows individuals having sex in a car is going viral on various social media platforms including X and TikTok.
On X, the video shared by a person (name withheld) with a following of almost 20K, by 10am on Sunday, had been viewed 9.8 million times, shared almost 2 000 times with about 28K likes.
The shadow of a person recording the video is seen just standing and watching as the man does his thing fast like a rabbit, he continues recording, until an alarm of a car is heard going off. All of the sudden, the activity comes to a halt, the woman pulls up her underwear while the man pulls up his trousers and fixes himself.
The man recording is then seen going to the rear of the car, exposing the registration number (registration withheld).
The driver then quickly leaves the back seat, jumps into the front and speeds off.
The car was parked in a public place, hence the person who recorded the incident managed to bust the two.
Public indecency is a crime that consists of unlawfully, intentionally and publicly engaging in conduct which tends to deprave the morals of others, or which outrages the public’s sense of decency.
Section 20 of Sexual Offences Act 1957 also prohibits committing an “indecent act” in public, or assisting in or receiving reward for the commission of an indecent act between two people. The penalty was originally a fine of up to R400 or imprisonment for up to two years or both; in 1988 the fine was increased to R4 000.
According to sexual Offences Act:, 1957 — Law Library South Africa, any person who — (a)entices, solicits, or importunes in any public place for immoral purposes; or (b)wilfully and openly exhibits himself or herself in an indecent dress or manner at any door or window or within view of any public street or place or in any place to which the public have access, shall be guilty.
According to the Films and Publications Amendment Bill passed in Parliament, “Any person who knowingly distributes private sexual photographs and films in any medium including the internet and social media, without prior consent of the individual or individuals in the said sexual photographs and films with the intention to cause the said individual harm shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon conviction, to a fine not 15 exceeding R150 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both a fine and such imprisonment.
“(2) Any person who knowingly distributes private sexual photographs and films in any medium including through the internet, without prior consent of the individual or individuals and where the individual or 20 individuals in the photographs or films is identified or identifiable in the said photographs and films, shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding R300 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years or to both a fine and such imprisonment.”
At this stage, it is unknown if the perpetrators will be arrested or if the person who shared this material on social media would be in trouble.
X users expressed mixed feelings about the video.
“You know I see a lot of people commenting bad about the cameraman, that’s a bus stop next to TUT Nelspruit ... they should’ve just got a private place and hooked up not this nonsense! People must control their sexual desires,” wrote one user.
Another user wrote: “This cameraman must be arrested for trespassing.. This was a private Polo matter.”
While another user said: “If the couple was being mugged by some criminals he would have passed as if he didn’t see and why showing a registration plate? This is wrong, I mean they were not hurting anyone people live with drug dealers but never did anything to frame them.”
The Film and Publications Board (FPB) said it will comment on the video on Monday.
In a statement from 2022, the FPB warned that sharing harmful material on social media also exposes children to age-inappropriate material which is prohibited by the act.
National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe had not commented on the incident by the time of publication.
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