A MAN who was caught performing a sex act at a car park near the beach in Prestonpans has been placed on the sex offenders' register for 24 months.

Steven Davidson, of Sherwood Park, Bonnyrigg, was also placed under the supervision of the social work department and ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

He was also handed an electronic tagging order and will have to stay within his home address between 7pm and 7am each night for the next three months.

Davidson, 32, was seen by two men exposing himself and carrying out the solo sex act at a car park at the beach on June 3.

He pleaded not guilty to the public indecency charge but was found guilty of the offence following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month.