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Man not guilty of burglary despite his soiled underpants found at crime scene

A man accused of defecating during a burglary at a Canberra coffee shop has been found not guilty, despite his soiled underpants being found at the scene of the crime.

Wesley Matthew King was charged with four counts of burglary-related offences after a Braddon cafe was broken into in late 2014.

When police investigated the break-in they found a pair of soiled underpants in the shop's office, along with papers smeared with faeces.

Nearly $4,000 cash, an iPod and car keys were stolen from the office safe.

DNA tests on the underpants concluded they belonged to Mr King, however the ACT Supreme Court found that was not enough to prove he was responsible for the break-in.

Tests on the underpants found the DNA of another person, but police were not able to identify them.

In her judgment, Chief Justice Helen Murrell said she could not discount the possibility that someone else had been wearing Mr King's dirty underpants.

"I am not satisfied that guilt is the only available rational inference," she wrote.

"There is, for example, a reasonable [albeit small] possibility that the burglar was someone else who was wearing unwashed underpants that had previously been worn by the accused."

She found Mr King not guilty of all charges.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 5:37pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 5:42pm:


Nahhhh. Good pic. Wrong caption.

This one's better 

"When police investigated the break-in they found a pair of soiled underpants in the shop's office, along with papers smeared with faeces."

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 5:42pm:



they found other dna... omg... and they have let this guy go..

red.. make sure you double lock everything..

its all right for youse lot to make mock.. but we live here.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 5:54pm:


I am not going to go there! 

Redmond Neck wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 5:55pm:


I hope Cods hasn't been there lol!

Coffee can give some people diar diorr dyare dihhore the runs.

Maybe he was drinking a coffee, pooed his pants before he could make it to the toilet, and ran to the nearby office to clean up.

Was the evidence obtained after Lisa Jones laundering services?

I'm surprised no-one's made the connection. It's really quite simple!

The perpetrator simply neglected to bathe after his last 'date'.

See?

Queasy, but Easy Peasy.

Lionel Edriess wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 6:18pm:


Hot date no doubt lol 

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 9:41pm:


And that response merely illustrates what a protected life you've led.

If you'd ever lived in the real world, you may have developed a veneer of cynicism, instead you've devolved into the generic field of a critic with no wit.

You, sir, are a cretin, not a crouton, and as such add little to such discourses.

Time for a new hobby.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 5:54pm:



what pray are you suggesting??..



this is one bad story..

however my concern is tha whack who let him off... because she couldnt be sure he was the only one that wore them...


will someone tell her???.....maybe the paper was a clue..

ian wrote on Jun 15^th, 2016 at 11:30pm:


Confession?