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A newly-married man performed a sex act on two separate occasions while driving at up to 70mph along a main road.

Max William James Calder, 21, was travelling in his green Skoda parallel to a lone female motorist on both occasions.

Llandudno Magistrates Court today heard he was driving on the A55 whe he was seen to be “thrusting” and that this made his victims “angry”. One victim followed him while “reciting” his registration number to herself which she gave to police, reports NorthWalesLive.

Calder initially denied exposure and insisted his hands had been at “ten to two” on the steering wheel. But he later admitted two counts of exposure and two counts of driving without due care and attention.

Newly-married Calder, of Pencoed Road, Llanddulas near Abergele, works as a support engineer for a Deeside electronics firm. Prosecutor Diane Williams told the court the first female driver had been at university and was driving westbound along Rhuallt Hill on May 5 at 4pm. As she reached the top of the hill she noticed a green Skoda was following her. Every time she indicated to change lanes its driver did the exact opposite. This meant the Skoda driver – Calder – was always alongside her car.

This happened three or four times, the court heard. The prosecutor said the woman thought Calder was trying to attract her attention about a potential defect on her car. However, halfway down the hill he went behind her and their bumpers almost touched. He then moved his car alongside her again.

The prosecutor said the woman later told police: “I looked over and could see a male very high and upright. He was smiling and staring directly at me. This made me feel uncomfortable.”

She said he appeared to be performing a sex act. She said: “I was in a state of shock. I looked away. I could not believe what I had seen. I have never experienced anything like that.”

She left the A55 at Rhos-on-Sea but then saw the green Skoda behind her. She was “desperate” to get away but, as she approached Rhos-on-Sea, the defendant turned and drove towards Colwyn Bay town centre.

The second incident happened about three weeks later. Llandudno Magistrates heard the victim was driving westbound through Deeside when she overtook a Skoda. Its driver stayed behind her.

The prosecutor said that, when they got to Rhuallt Hill, the driver of the Skoda, which she thought was “dark blue”, pulled alongside her at 60mph or 70mph. She said: “I looked to the right and saw a male out of the seat and thrusting.

She said he appeared to have one hand on the wheel and his other hand on his genitals. She said: “He made eye contact with me, smiling. This made me very angry. I pointed at him.”

The court heard the woman recited his registration number to herself and later put it into her mobile phone before calling the police. Nia Dawson, defending, said her client is “genuinely and truly sorry” for his behaviour.

He is “disgusted” with himself and has written letters of apology to his victims. He has been receiving counselling from mental health services which will now be “fast tracked”, the court heard.

She said he may have “dissociative identity disorder” which mental health experts could explore. With this condition she said people put themselves in “dangerous and unusual situations” without considering the consequences of their actions. She said while committing the offences, “he did not think it was his true self. It was another aspect of his personality”. The women were “safe in their cars” and were “not specifically targeted”, added Mrs Dawson.

Mrs Dawson said: “He has everything in his life going for him…He has to work hard to prove to his wife it was very much out of character.”

Magistrates chairman Major Michael James said: “These incidents involved two vulnerable women in their vehicles. It will be in the papers and your misdemeanour is going to be known about by other people.”

However, he said the probation service believe he can be rehabilitated and his “future life can be resurrected”. The magistrates gave him a two-year community order in which he must do 135 hours of unpaid work for the exposure offences.

He must also do 45 sessions of an accredited programme and 35 days of rehabilitation activity. He must keep to notification requirements for five years.

Calder must also pay £200 compensation to each victim and £85 towards costs.

He was also given six penalty points on his licence for the first count of driving without due care and attention and five more points for the second count of driving without due care and attention. This leaves him one short of the 12 points which would mean disqualification.

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