A COUPLE were caught having sex in the toilets of high-speed Virgin train as it left Warrington Bank Quay and then were at it again as they arrived at Euston.

Christopher Leigh, from Blackburn, told the train manager there were 'no signs to say they couldn't make love in the loo'.

Blackburn magistrates heard how on both occasions the couple asked for time to get dressed.

The 46-year-old was convicted of engaging in sexual intercourse in a public place and jailed for six weeks.

Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the train manager on a Virgin West Coast mainline service was alerted because of concerns over a man and a women being in the toilets for a long time.

Allan said: "He asked for the door to be opened and a female said she was not feeling well.

"When the door was eventually opened he could see she was wearing a bra and nothing else and the defendant said he needed time before he could come out."

Leigh and the woman moved to a different carriage and when the train pulled in to Euston Station they were found in a different toilet.

Allan added: "They were told to get out but said they needed to get dressed first.

"He said they had been making love and there were no signs in the toilets to say they couldn't."

Ian Huggan, defending, said the female involved in the incident had been arrested, admitted the offence and dealt with by way of an out of court disposal.

His client had wanted to contest the charge but missed his trial date and would have to accept the consequences.