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Feces fly at San Diego robbery trial

Posted on: Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 14:24 CST

A San Diego judge ordered a mistrial when a defendant in an assault and robbery trial smeared feces on his lawyer and then flung the rest at the jury box.

Weusi McGowan was awaiting a new trial date Wednesday after his crude antics Monday prompted the judge to bring the proceedings to a halt.

McGowan smuggled a plastic bag filled with waste into the downtown San Diego courthouse where he was being tried for a 2007 assault and robbery, The San Diego Union-Tribune said Tuesday.

Paul Levikow, spokesman for the San Diego County District Attorney, told the newspaper that as the jurors were filing out for a break, McGowan dipped into the bag and smeared feces on his startled public defender. He then hurled more at the jury box that had, luckily for the jurors, been vacated moments earlier.

Levikow said McGowan was apparently miffed that the judge had denied his request for a new lawyer. He will likely have different counsel in his next trial, the newspaper said.

Source: United Press International

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