Two carers have been acquitted of having sex in a McDonald's car park while they were looking after a disabled teenager.
Nikki Hollingworth, 26, and Daniel German, 32, were accused of romping outside the fast food restaurant in Thurmaston, Leicestershire.
However, they were today found not guilty by a jury after the court heard they had merely been hugging while making up after an argument.
The court had heard the pair were also seen carrying on with the lewd act in their car which had a disabled teenage girl in the back.
But the jury was told the carers had not been charged in connection with the disabled girl being in the vehicle when the alleged offence happened.
Giving evidence earlier this week at Leicester Crown Court , a customer said they were "shocked" to see German with his trousers down to his knees pressed against Hollingworth.
Kasia Stepien, who had just collected food to eat in her car, told the court how, to her, it was "clear they were having sex".
The court heard Miss Stepien phoned the restaurant and reported what she had seen in the car park to duty manager Shannon Harrington who came outside.
Miss Harrington told the jury it was dark at the time but the car park was well lit when she went outside to investigate.
She said she saw the couple inside the blue people carrier "on the middle seats".
Miss Harrington told the court she assumed the pair were having sex and that she could see a disabled child sitting in the back of the vehicle.
The court heard in the back of the vehicle was a disabled teenager in a wheelchair.
German and Hollingworth, who are both employed by Pathway Care Solutions, had just collected the girl from school.
The pair both denied outraging public decency by committing an act of a lewd, obscene and disgusting nature at about 4.30pm on January 22 this year.
But the court heard the carers were not charged in connection with the disabled girl being in the vehicle when the alleged offence happened.
Dominic Bell, defending German, suggested Miss Stepien was mistaken and the pair had been "hugging".
But she replied: "I don't think many people hug with their trousers down."
German, of Nottingham, gave a no comment police interview but denied any wrongdoing with his co-worker in a prepared statement and said he would never have sex in front of a patient.
He added: "We had a bit of a hug because we had an argument, it was a make-up hug."
Hollingworth, of Nottingham, told the police she had a partner and was not in a relationship with German.
She claimed she had been to the McDonald's to get a burger and German had given her a "big hug" in the car park to make up for an earlier disagreement.
Hollingworth also said she was adjusting the middle seats inside the car and bent over after dropping a cigarette lighter by the side of the front seat.