Saturday, November 30, 2002
Man goes to court for right to bare arse in public. James Albert Ernest Togo, 20, pleaded not guilty in the Coolangatta Magistrates Court to indecent behaviour when he "mooned" a police car soon after midnight on August 12 this year.
The offence, which carries a maximum fine of $100, became a sticky constitutional issue when Aboriginal legal service lawyer Eugene O'Sullivan argued "mooning" a police car was a legitimate and legal means of expression. He said it was a "mild" political act and a protest against government authority protected under the implied freedoms of the constitution.
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