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Vienna police fine man €500 for 'massive intestinal wind'

     * 16 June 2020

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   People sit in a park in Vienna Image copyright Reuters Image caption
   Calmer times in another Vienna park

   Breaking wind in public may be a social taboo, but it's not often that
   people face financial consequences for it.

   But that was the case for one man in Austria, who was fined €500 (£448,
   $564) after doing so at police in Vienna earlier this month.

   The city's police have defended the fine, saying it was for more than
   that.

   "Of course no-one will be reported for accidentally 'letting one go'
   once," Vienna's police department said on Twitter.

   Responding after a photo of the charge sheet - issued for "violating
   public decency" - was shared on social media, the police department
   said the suspect "had already behaved in a provocative and
   unco-operative manner" when he was approached by police in the early
   hours of 5 June.

   He then rose from a park bench, "looked at the officers and apparently
   intentionally released a massive intestinal wind in the immediate
   vicinity of the officers".

   And, as the suspect found to his own cost, members of the city's police
   force "prefer not to be farted at".

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