General Interest
Man Emptied Bag Of His Own Faeces On Neighbour
An NHS worker was left ‘distressed and humiliated’ after a neighbour who had been tormenting her for weeks emptied a shopping bag full of his own faeces over her head as she went to work.
Josh Wade, 22, subjected the woman to a campaign of ‘aggressive and unpleasant’ behaviour lasting more than two months, Liverpool Crown Court heard. He spotted his victim leaving her home in Litherland shortly after 7am on October 1 last year and followed her down the road.
Wade grabbed the woman, who the court heard was clearly identifiable as an NHS worker, and slapped her in the face with a hand clutching the bag of excrement. She was left with faeces smeared over her head and Wade was arrested when police arrived soon after.
Judge Rachel Smith said: ‘The effect upon her was instant and the victim personal statement element of her complaint sets out how distressing, humiliating and frightening she found the whole incident.’
Wade had previously pleaded guilty to administering a noxious substance and possessing cannabis and was jailed for 14 months. He denied a charge of harassment that put a person in fear of violence, which alleged that he ‘made threats to shoot’ the woman.
Prosecutors agreed to drop that charge on the basis his harassment was incorporated within the noxious substance allegation.
Defending, Lloyd Morgan told the court Wade expressed ‘remorse’ in his police interview and recognised the effect ‘his dreadful actions had upon his erstwhile neighbour’.
He added: ‘He indicated as set out in his psychiatric report that he would apologise to her if given the opportunity.
His first taste of incarceration has had a significant effect upon him and a positive effect upon him as he is no longer taking drugs, he’s rid himself of that terrible affliction which is the first time that’s happened for a long period of time.
Morgan said Wade previously suffered from depression and was admitted as an inpatient to a psychiatric hospital when living in Western Australia ‘for some time as a result of drug induced psychosis and other mental difficulties.
The lawyer said: ‘In the cold hard light of day and free from the affliction of drugs, he recognises his appalling behaviour and wishes of course that it hadn’t happened.
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