A MAN has appeared in court after he pleaded guilty to picking up a prostitute.

Jamie Yeates, 46, admitted “soliciting another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual services as a prostitute in a street/public place” in Newport.

The offence took place on Francis Drive on May 18, the city’s magistrates’ court was told.

Yeates, of Wentworth Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan was conditionally discharged for six months.

He must pay £85 costs and a £26 surcharge.