{"id":143442,"date":"2018-06-19T18:05:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T18:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/drunk-jailed-for-urinating-on-liverpool-rough-sleeper\/"},"modified":"2018-06-19T18:05:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T18:05:59","slug":"drunk-jailed-for-urinating-on-liverpool-rough-sleeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/drunk-jailed-for-urinating-on-liverpool-rough-sleeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk jailed for urinating on Liverpool rough sleeper"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"StephenImage copyright Merseyside Police
Image caption Stephen Gibney had no recollection of urinating on his victim <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A drunk who urinated on a sleeping homeless man "as a joke" has been jailed for eight weeks.<\/p>\n

Richard Stanley woke to find Stephen Gibney urinating on his face and laughing following a night of drinking in Liverpool city centre.<\/p>\n

A district judge said the offence was an act of "gratuitous degradation" and an "attack" on the victim's home.<\/p>\n

Gibney, 32, of Rimmer Avenue, Childwall, admitted assault by beating at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.<\/p>\n

Jane Stacey, prosecuting, told the court that just before 05:00 BST on 18 May, Richard Stanley was sleeping rough in the Whitechapel area when he woke to find Gibney and another man standing over him.<\/p>\n

"He opened his eyes and saw two men both laughing and realised the defendant was urinating on his face and his coat next to him and his worldly possessions," she added.<\/p>\n

'Vile' behaviour<\/h2>\n

When the victim said he was going to call the police, Gibney told him: "I'll fight you right now. What are you going to do about it?"<\/p>\n

Gibney was arrested at the scene and had no recollection of the incident when interviewed by police, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Sentencing, District Judge Wendy Lloyd told Gibney the offence was "a deliberate act of degradation of a homeless person.<\/p>\n

"It was his home, his little pitch where he was trying to establish himself as a human being and a valuable human being just like everyone else. <\/p>\n

"He is in no way to be looked down upon, to be judged or dealt with in any lesser way than anyone else in society.<\/p>\n

"This was this man's home where he was lying with his sleeping bag getting shelter.<\/p>\n

"Apparently, to you and your companion this was just a joke."<\/p>\n

Keiran Fielding, defending, said Gibney had had a considerable amount to drink but accepted his behaviour had been "vile."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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