THIS is the shocking moment a couple were caught having sex in a Hampshire beauty spot – by a motorist who thought they were fighting.

The man and woman clearly thought they wouldn't be seen when they started having sex in the open amongst the heather and gorse of the remote woodland.

But they hadn't noticed that 50 yards away Richard Rees had pulled into a layby, which he said was for a quick tea break during a leisurely drive through the national park.

He spotted the couple and at first thought they were fighting in the grass but very quickly realised they were actually having sex.

Richard, 35, got out of his car and recorded a 10 second video which shows a man wearing a red T-shirt with his trousers round his ankles on top of a semi-naked woman.

The clip, that was shot near Brockenhurst, has since been uploaded to social media and is fast-becoming an internet hit.

Maintenance engineer Richard said: "From the car it looked like they were fighting but when we got out we could slightly hear the woman's moaning.

"The layby was empty. It was unusually quiet which only amplified their soundtrack.

"They probably thought they were hidden but obviously not.

"I was shocked at first and thought I would film it for a laugh and to get some internet hits but unfortunately I ran out of memory storage, otherwise I would have filmed till the end.

"They were still going strong when we left."

A spokesman for Hampshire Police said people caught having sex in the public could be prosecuted for outraging public decency under the Public Order Act 1986 but only if can be shown a person was likely to have been caused harassment, alarm or distress.

They confirmed they were not investigating the couple in the video.