Teen student urinated on woman, 72
A teenage university student was shamed by a court after he got drunk and urinated over a 72-year old woman as she sipped coffee inside a Pret A Manger cafe.
Mason Hudson, 19, a student at Sunderland University, had been under the influence of both drink and drugs after a music festival in Manchester when he decided to relieve himself on customers shortly after the shop opened for breakfast.
Victim Janet Frazer, who was sat at a table at the cafe’s Portland Street branch, screamed and had to move away as she was splashed by Hudson, who is in his first year of a degree course.
The undergraduate calmly finished answering his call of nature on the floor – before slapping cafe manager Nathan Withers in the face as he walked out. Police detained him outside.
Hudson, of Langley Park, Durham was shamed faced at Manchester magistrates’ court, and bowed his head as he admitted two charges of common assault and was given a 20-week jail term suspended for 12 months.
The case has been reported to Sunderland University as a “potential disciplinary incident” and bosses say it will now be dealt with under the institution’s processes.
The incident occurred on June 12, the morning after Hudson – who has an £8,200-a-year student loan – had attended the Parklife Festival, in Heaton Park.
Prosecuting, Miss Tina Cunnane said: “At 7.15am Nathan Withers noticed the defendant acting in a strange manner in the coffee shop and looked as if he was under the influence of drugs.
“He heard a female voice screaming and when he looked around saw the defendant urinating on an elderly female.”
Defence lawyer Mr Nnamdi Inegbu said: “You might be wondering what caused him to do this, it’s a concoction of drink and drugs.”
Hudson was also ordered to complete 250 hours’ unpaid work and ordered to pay £200 costs and surcharges plus £50 compensation to Mr Withers. The court was unable to trace Mrs Frazer to award her damages.
Hudson will pay the money at £10 per week.