Claudio Sesia dumped bucket of cow manure over Miles Police Station in Queensland
Furious man accused of dropping a 20kg ‘poo bomb’ at a police station as a protest over damage to his car
- 20 kg of cow dung in a bucket was dumped in a police station
- Claudio Sesia, 66, protested a foul
- He pleaded guilty to willful damage
A man threw a bucket filled with 20kg of cow dung over a police station counter after several failed attempts to settle a traffic fine.
Claudio Sesia, 66, admitted to dumping the bucket filled with cow manure and water at Miles police station in Queensland’s Western Downs region on Wednesday morning.
The station is also used by the public for traffic matters.
‘I’ve come to pay for my violation,’ he said on arrival, lifting the bucket over the counter, to which an administrative assistant said ‘don’t do it, don’t you dare’.
Sesia was promptly arrested by police outside after throwing the contents of the bucket all over the station.
He stood before Dalby Magistrates Court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to one count of willful damage, the Courier Mail reported.
Claudio Sesia, 66, admitted to dumping the bucket filled with cow manure and water at Miles police station in Queensland’s Western Downs region on Wednesday morning
Police prosecutor Chris Hutchins said Sesia dumped the “clumpy matter” on every available surface.
‘[Sesia] He dumped out the contents, which were a messy liquid, lumpy matter that smelled like feces,” he told the court.
“It spread all over the counter at the front, leaving liquid, clumpy matter on the counter, on the shelves and carpet, paperwork and police stationery.”
Sesia had told officers he combined cow dung with water to make the rancid mixture.
He was surrounded by members of the public, including a three-year-old girl, after storming into the police station.
The police station was filled with onlookers, including a three-year-old girl, as Sesia dramatically dumped a bucket of ‘messy liquid, lumpy matter’
The debacle stemmed from a dispute between Sesia and the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR).
Defense attorney Julia Molloy said her client was fed up after she tried to get the TMR to pay a bill for damage to his car that he said was caused by one of their cattle drives.
“He has become exhausted with this bureaucracy, so he has removed the number plates while the registration is paid to TMR,” Ms Molloy said.
“He got a ticket for removing the license plates. He got exhausted and kind of snapped, and behaved on this matter.”
Sesia had no prior criminal history and was fined $200.
He will also have to pay a cleaning fee of $2,175. No conviction has been recorded.
Acting Magistrate Walker said it was a “fairly unique charge” and behavior he had never seen before.
“I’m not sure what you were trying to do by doing this,” he said.
Acting Magistrate Andrew Walker fined the 66-year-old $200 for willful damage and ordered Sesia to pay for the station’s subsequent cleaning