TWO women performed a sex act on each other in front of horrified children on the school run, a court heard.

Rosalind Fitzgerald, 42, and Sarah Crawford, 39, had been drinking all night at a party when they got frisky in Gateshead.

Woman outside courthouse using phone.Rosalind Fitzgerald appeared in court todayWoman in white jacket outside courthouse.She engaged in a sex act with Sarah Crawford

They have now pleaded guilty to outraging public decency following the December 11 act.

Magistrates’ was told the pair were seen engaging in a sex act together near the doorway of a shop at 8.40am.

Prosecutor Paul Anderson said: “Of course at that time of the day there would have been children going to school.”;;

Both women appeared in court separately, with Fitzgerald handed a and fined £120.

The chair of the bench told Fitzgerald, who has previous convictions “We’ve heard you may not be a stranger to these proceedings but you are lightly convicted.

“Clearly there is a lot going on in your world (but) this is still an offence that needs to be considered.”;;

Alanna Wesencraft, defending, said Fitzgerald is “incredibly disappointed in herself”;;.

She added: “She has not repeated any of this behaviour.”;;

Crawford, of North Shields, North , had her sentence adjourned until July.

The charge against her stated she was “involved in a sexual act with Rosalind Fitzgerald, within the sight and to the outrage of other persons then present”;;.

Woman in white pants and jacket outside a courthouse.Crawford will be sentenced at a later date