Shaun Tuton: Ex-Teversal footballer found guilty of outraging public decency leaves latest club

Shaun Tuton, aged 31, was found guilty of outraging public decency during a recent trial following an incident outside Sheffield railway station.

He is said to have approached Lauren Hague, who was 17 at the time, as she waited for a taxi late at night in October 2021.

Tuton was said to have been fondling himself under his joggers and groaning “sexually” as he approached the teenager, who has waived her right to anonymity.

Lauren ran off to a nearby taxi and rang the police. CCTV footage of the incident was shared by British Transport Police and Tuton’s name was put forward.

He was then picked out by Lauren in an identity parade and charged.

Tuton, of Greenwood Road, Darnall, Sheffield, denied that the man captured on CCTV was him, claiming he had not caught a train in years.

But he was found guilty and convicted. He could be jailed over the incident.

Whitby Town FC has now announced that the footballer has left the club.

In a statement, they said: “We can confirm that Shaun Tuton has department Whitby Town by mutual consent.”

Tuton briefly played for Teversal in 2012-13. He later turned out for a string of clubs across the East Midlands, before playing in the Football League for Barnsley and Grimsby Town.