The court heard Joanne Wilson (23), formerly of Meiklefield Road, Dingwall, performed the act on her husband, Damien Campbell (21) in a bid to entice him home from a day of drinking at the pub.

But their actions, carried out in a car park in Dingwall, were caught on a CCTV camera and police were alerted.

Wilson, now of Little Crook, Forres, and Campbell, of High Street, Invergordon, earlier had admitted commiting an offence of public indecency in that Damien Campbell had unfastened his jeans and exposed his private parts and Wilson had simulated an indecent act on him, on October 10 last year. Sentence had been deferred for reports.

Wilson's defence agent, Alison Foggo, told Sheriff Gordon Fleetwood that the CCTV footage depicted "a very minor incident which lasts just under 60 seconds".

Ms Foggo went on to tell the sheriff that Wilson was a first offender and at the time of the offence was expecting the couple's first child.

"She was concerned that her husband had been in the public bar for a considerable portion of the day," said Ms Foggo.

"She went down to the pub to try and get him out.

Rather than adopt a confrontational attitude she stayed and had a couple of drinks, and tried to lure him away with the promise of sexual favours on their return home. Her activity was her acting that out."

After viewing footage of the offence on the court laptop computer, Sheriff Fleetwood remarked that it could not have happened in a more public place.

Ms Foggo said Wilson had not meant to be indecent and that she was now ashamed of her appearance in court.

She said because of the rigorous drafting of the Sex Offenders' Act, Wilson had been required to register on it, and this had put paid to her ambitions to undertake a nursing course at college, or any prospect of a caring or child care role in future.

Wilson was ordered by Sheriff Fleetwood to be of good behaviour for six months.

The sheriff said he had been considering placing Campbell, who has six previous convictions, on community service, but noted he had failed to carry out a previous order. He asked his lawyer, David Hingston, what the chances were of Campbell adhering to the terms of a new community service order.

Mr Hingston responded: "About as likely as me becoming Queen, My Lord."

The sheriff jailed Campbell for 60 days and placed him on the sex offenders' register for five years.

Wilson pled not guilty to a charge of failing to register under the sex offenders' register and the case was continued for trial in July.

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