Story By: Alex Cope, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: CEN

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This pervert has been banned for life from Virgin gyms after being filmed apparently masturbating whilst watching a female gym-goer doing squats.

The disturbing scene was recorded by an onlooker in a Virgin Active gym in the town of Stellenbosch, in south-western South Africa’s Western Cape Province and has since been posted online.

In the video, a blonde man can be seen sitting on an exercise mat with his phone in his right hand.

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His left hand appears to be in his shorts and is shaking vigorously with a towel covering it. The clip then shows a woman in exercise leggings squatting in front of the man.

The video was posted onto social media with the caption: “I want this man’s face to go viral. This was at the Virgin Active in Stellenbosch @virginactiveSA. Absolutely abysmal behaviour.”

Local media report the Virgin Active branch responded to the incident by taking immediate action against the man for his “depraved behaviour” and his membership was reportedly terminated.

A spokesperson for the chain of gyms added that he had been handed a life ban from each of their facilities because of the clip.

It is unclear if the video has been reported to the police.