Southwick man pooed outside of Sunderland Royal Hospital in protest when asked to leave

A Southwick man pooed outside of Sunderland Royal hospital in protest when he was asked to leave.

Philip Mason, 53, committed the act in front of the passing public and police and security guards who had told him to leave.

Disgruntled Mason, of Goschen Street, Southwick, was upset after being told he did not need treatment and must exit Sunderland Royal Hospital.

He was pushed out on a patient trolley after security guards requested assistance from police at 8.20am on Friday, August 8, a court heard.

“He was warned numerous times to leave the grounds. He then attempted to go back inside to use a toilet.

“He then dropped his trousers and defecated in the car park in front of the public. He was arrested and cautioned.”

The court heard Mason has 14 previous convictions from 41 offences, details of which were not revealed.

District Judge Zoe Passfield told him his time in custody covered the sentence she would otherwise have imposed.

She fined him £80, which she then remitted, but he must pay £85 court costs and a £32 victim surcharge.