A woman from Hull has been jailed and handed a Criminal Behaviour Order which bans her from ‘defecating in a public place’ amongst other things.

49-year-old Brace Hull has been jailed for 46 weeks, as well as handed a three-year long order.

Named Hull, from Hull. What are the odds?

  • Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I’d assume as much, but aren’t all Brits banned from public defecation by general public decency laws? If so, an individual ban on the same wouldn’t have any meaning. Although I’ve heard loiscences are required for everything over there, so perhaps there’s a public pooping permit for the posh…

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      5 months ago

      Yes, but some people need an extra special, personal reminder.

      “Obviously everyone knows not to shit on the pavement in the middle of the city centre… but just to make sure… Ms Grace Hull, we are specifically asking you not to shit on the pavement in the middle of the city centre”

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      5 months ago

      ianal but i have now got about fifteen tabs open with various search results about pissing and shitting in public so that has to count for something? as far as i can see it can be a sexual offence if you intend for someone to see you doing it (and for them to be alarmed by it) but otherwise it depends on the local authority whose turf you have shat on, as they may have a local byelaw – many do

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          You would usually only get put on the list if you were obviously trying for other people to see it. Otherwise it’s public urination which is only a misdemeanor, unless you are a serial offender