From Daily Mail (here):
“A terminally-ill university lecturer who mooned a speed camera for his bucket list has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing …. Darrell Meekcom, 55, was arrested in the garden of his home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, by several officers after dropping his trousers at a mobile speed camera van in November last year.
“Following the incident, three police cars pulled up outside the home of Mr Meekcom – who also has Parkinson’s Disease and heart and kidney problems – and demanded to be let in. When [he] refused, officers allegedly raided his home and kicked down the garden gate before wrestling Mr Meekcom to the ground outside to put him in cuffs. In footage filmed by his wife, Mr Meekcom, who used to lecture medical students at Birmingham City University, can be heard telling the officers, ‘Have you never wanted to moonie a speed camera? Well I did.’ Mr Meekcom was subsequently arrested and hauled to the station ….
“After being cleared of a public order offence at Redditch Magistrates Court today, Mr Meekcom blasted West Mercia Police ….”
To wit, he called his arrest “smashing an acorn with a mallet.” As for why he mooned the speed camera, he explained “when you’re dying you think of things differently.”
The prosecutor, with characteristic British delicacy, informed the judge the cops went to Meekcom’s home “for matters the court did not need to know about.”
Can’t say I don’t admire the chappie just a wee bit.