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Man fined for urinating in back of police car

Mark DonaldsonJoondalup Times

A MAN was fined in Joondalup Magistrates Court on Friday for urinating in the back of a police car.

Michael Reece Nelson, aged in his 20s, pleaded guilty to disorderly behaviour over the July 20 incident.

“It was stupid and irresponsible,” he told Magistrate Richard Bayly.

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Officers were driving the man from Merriwa to his Hocking home at the time.

The court heard Nelson was earlier being abusive in the street.

Magistrate Bayly ordered a fine of $800.

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