Blackpool man forced to pay up after staging 'dirty protest' in police station cell

An arrested man staged a ‘dirty protest’ in one of the cells at Blackpool police station.

By The Newsroom

Published 7th Aug 2022, 13:42 BST

Updated 7th Aug 2022, 14:14 BST

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Anthony Foley will now have to pay the £170 deep clean cost by order of District Judge Jane Goodwin at Blackpool Magistrates court.

He was also told to do 40 hours unpaid work for the community.

Foley (40) of no fixed address but formerly of Bloomfield Road admitted breaching the peace and criminal damage to the cell by urinating and defecating.

The court heard Foley was arrested after a domestic incident.