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A man who claims he grew up around horses, used his whole arm to aggressively slap the hind quarter of a horse towing a carriage and then mooned patrons of a pub who chastised him for his actions.
He was then illuminated by police torches as he urinated in public before fleeing to the riverbank where he was arrested.
Ryan Martin Hayes, 38, pleaded guilty on June 3 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of animal cruelty, public nuisance near a licensed premises and urinating in public. Ryan Martin Hayes, 38, claims he grew up around horses, used his whole arm to aggressively slap the hind quarter of a clydesdale horse towing a carriage and then mooned patrons of the Oxford Hotel who chastised him for his actions. He was then illuminated by police torches as he urinated in public before fleeing to the riverbank where he was then arrested.