A pervert who exposed himself to two schoolgirls has blamed his behaviour on depression and a breakdown after his wife suffered a miscarriage.

IT consultant Andrew Taylor has now been sentenced to a 30-month community and supervision order, which will include attending a sex offender programme.

Magistrates heard how Taylor, of Martindown Road, Whitstable, was seen in his car outside Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School in Canterbury by the students as they waited to be collected by parents.

They saw the 30-year-old (pictured left outside court) through the passenger window of his car committing a lewd act.

Taylor drove off shortly after when the parents arrived, but the girls told them and the adults noted down the number plate and reported it to the police.

When later interviewed about the incident in November last year, Taylor initially denied the offence, claiming the girls had run out in front of his car and he had pulled over to compose himself and was 'adjusting' his coat.

But he pleaded guilty to outraging public decency at the first court hearing before Canterbury magistrates.

Andrew Taylor exposed himself to two pupils outside Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School

At a sentencing hearing after probation reports were prepared, Taylor's solicitor Max Reeves told magistrates his client was suffering from depression after his wife had miscarried.

He said: "The loss of their baby was also compounded by his own sister giving birth just two days later.

"He says it was building up inside him and triggered the offence but he still can't explain why he acted in the way he did because he has no sexual interest in teenage girls.

"He has now separated from his wife although she attended court. He has also been suspended from his job and being treated for depression by his GP."

Mr Reeves suggested the magistrates should impose the community order recommended by the probation service which considered him of 'low risk' of re-offending.

The Crown Prosecution Service said it was not asking for him to be placed on the sex offenders' register.