Thread: Australian police seek help as man glued to toilet

Australian police seek help as man glued to toilet
24/08/2009

Australian police and civic leaders on Monday appealed for help catching pranksters who glued a man to a public toilet seat, forcing an embarrassing rescue by ambulance officers.

A 58-year-old was taken to hospital with the toilet seat still attached to his behind after he used a booby-trapped convenience in a shopping centre in the northeastern resort city of Cairns on Saturday.

Police investigating the incident made a public appeal for help finding the joker, while furious city officials described the stunt as a "sick joke."

"I'm disgusted that a gentleman has had to go through that because someone thinks it's funny -- it's a sick joke," Cairns City Council community safety committee chair Di Forsyth told the Australian Associated Press.

"I think the community would be outraged and quite rightly so... it's quite a dangerous prank," she said, calling on members of the public to help identify the perpetrators.

Police said hospital staff removed the toilet seat from the humiliated victim's behind using industrial strength solvents.

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