Exmouth ‘tyrannosaurus sex’ woman is being treated as a VICTIM by cops probing photo of her straddling baby dinosaur
The statue has been giving a deep clean using "strong disinfectant" following the lewd act as police launch probe
THE woman who straddled a baby T-Rex model at a children's play area is now being treated as the VICTIM - over how the pictures came to be online.
Police have launched a probe into how the photos of the woman exposing herself were distributed.
The explicit image - described as an "all time low” - shows the woman naked from the waist down straddling the T-Rex model earlier this month.
The model of a baby T-Rex in an egg is part of the Exmouth Dino Trail in Devon.
Officers are yet to charge anyone related to the images, but Devon and Cornwall Police said yesterday: "Police were made aware of images posted on social media which appear to show a woman exposing herself in public and in a local public house in Exmouth.
"Subsequently, an appeal for information was put out in the media and we have identified the woman in the photo's.
"This was not a sexual act, there was no contact and at no time have the police received any complaint from any witnesses to this act, therefore there are no grounds for police to take any criminal action in relation to the person pictured.
"Local police are currently investigating how these images came to be distributed, as it appears that they may have been unlawfully accessed and distributed on to social media without permission.
"This has caused a huge amount of distress to the woman in question. We will be working with her as the victim in this matter, and will be making no further comment on this incident."
East Devon District Council have deep cleaned the dinosaur statue with "strong disinfectant".
A spokesperson for the authority told the : "We are shocked and dismayed at this appalling act of gross indecency to one of the dinosaur models in the dinosaur trail organised and installed by Exmouth Town Council in collaboration with Exmouth Town Team & Tourism Forum and ourselves.
"The trail has been a huge success with visitors and the local community alike, especially with children, which makes this behaviour by an adult all the more deplorable.
"We understand that the town council, as owners of the dinosaurs, have already contacted the police and that the appropriate action will be taken.
"We have instructed our StreetScene team to clean the dinosaur thoroughly using a strong disinfectant. "We would like to encourage people to continue to visit this wonderful attraction."
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They added: "However, we would also like to remind the public that the dinosaurs are for looking at only and should not be touched or climbed on."
Parents have reacted with horror to the image which was posted on social media.
One parent said: "I worry as children play with these dinosaurs, I was disgusted.
"I feel sick to think that children are anywhere near that."
The model had already been damaged by vandals this month.
Organiser of the Exmouth Dino Trail, John Thorogood, said: "I saw the image on social media and was completely disgusted by it.
"It was clearly a deliberately posed photograph of a very immature adult engaged in a sex act."
Mr Thorogood added: "Whilst we have had some deliberate damage to the dinosaurs in past weeks, this episode brings things to an all time low as far as these important and very popular assets to our town are concerned.
"I hope the police are successful in tracing this woman and dealing robustly with it."
Other incidents of mistreatment of the models includes a life-sized Stegosaurushaving its tail removed in August.
The fibreglass sculptures trail officially launched on Sunday, August 21, and is designed to highlight the resort's connection with the Jurassic Coast, which stretches from Orcombe Point at the end of the seafront to Portland in Dorset.
Last month a randy couple were filmed apparently having sex in the middle of a street in broad daylight, with only an old rug covering them, while a homeless couple were caught in Ukraine in another bizarre public sex act.
And another pair was caught in the middle of an intimate act next to Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre.
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