BERLIN (Reuters) - A man caught having sex with a blow-up doll in a busy public shopping arcade had to be physically parted from his rubber lover and escorted away, police in Stuttgart say.

The 38-year-old man was caught with his trousers down early on Monday evening after alarmed witnesses alerted the police.


"It was real, he was caught in mid-action with the doll," said a press spokeswoman on Wednesday. Police said that they had considerable difficulty separating the drunken man from his partner.