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Image from Yorkshire Post below: |
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Read the article published in Yorkshire Post below: |
Bare-faced cheek of woman who walked naked in city centre |
A WOMAN who stripped off and walked naked down one of York's most popular tourist streets said she did not expect anyone to be shocked. |
However, magistrates in Selby did not agree with Lindsay Wheatcroft and yesterday fined her £250 with £125 costs, for the stunt in Stonegate in May. |
Lindsay was wearing only high-heeled, black, knee-length boots as she and another woman who was not before the court walked the length of the pedestrianised street and were photographed in explicit poses. |
Lindsay, 19, of Blackpool, had denied a public order offence, claiming fondling her companion and posing to show her genitalia were not sexual acts and passers-by were not disturbed by her actions. |
Behind the camera was Gina Lorenz, 25, of Preston, who denied aiding and abetting Lindsay's offence. |
She too was convicted and ordered to pay a £250 fine and £125 costs. |
Earlier the bench, had watched a video filmed by Gina as she photographed the two women. |
The stunt took place in the mid-afternoon on May 25 when Stonegate was busy with shoppers, including elderly couples, tourists and families with young children. |
Lindsay and her companion were seen giggling before removing their oats as the St Helen's Square end of Stonegate. |
They then walked towards York Minster, sometimes holding hands and each wearing nothing more than knee-length black boots. |
Gina could be heard on the video telling the women to stop and telling them how to pose as she took pictures. |
| They took almost 10 minutes to reach the opposite end of Stonegate, pausing on the way for a photo with a Liverpool FC supporter ahead of that night's Champions League final with AC Milan in Istanbul. |
| A police officer on routine foot patrol in Petergate stopped the women and they were arrested. |
| When interviewed by police, Lindsay, a trainee hairdresser and part-time underwear model, said the trip to York was merely a friends' "day out" and he stripping was a spur-of-the-moment joint decision to make a "home video". |
| She later admitted the incident had been pre-planned and all three women had driven to York from Blackpool. |
"It's only nature, isn't it?" Lindsay said of her nudity when questioned. "I'd do it every day if I didn't get arrested." |
| The pair were also bound over in the sum of £500 for 12 months. |
| The magistrates ordered the forfeiture of a memory card from Gina's camera. |
Preview from York photo shoot as mentioned above (picture by Gina Lorenz): |
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See all the pictures that papers could not publish in the members area of Naked in Public TV. |
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