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Perth jogger spotted defecating outside health clinic four times
A jogger has been caught on camera fouling the doorstep of a Perth health clinic four times since December last year.
CCTV footage taken from the outside the Osbourne Park clinic showed the person dropping their pants to relieve themselves beside the building before jogging off.
Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia chief executive Melita Markey described the actions as "extremely distressing" for clinic staff.
She told 9News that staff initially believed it was an isolated event when it first happened in December, 2024.
"We thought, oh, someone's obviously got in a bit of distress and did what they had to do," she said.
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However, the person has since returned three more times in March, April and just last week.
CCTV footage taken from the outside of the clinic. (Source: Nine)
"It is a biohazard, and they are putting people at risk, putting our staff at risk, our clients at risk, and also themselves," Markey told 9News.
The health clinic has reported the incidents to the police and the local council, and has reportedly engaged professional cleaners.
Markey expressed some sympathy with the woman.
"I believe it's a cry for help, why she targets us," she said.
"We'd love her to come in and see our GP and see if we can do something to help her."
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Its not the first offending of this nature in Australia.
Corporate manager Andrew Douglas Macintosh, 64, was dubbed the "poo jogger" after being photographed with his pants down on a suburban street in 2018. The story generated enormous interest on the internet.
He was charged by authorities after a disgruntled resident set out to catch the jogger suspected of relieving himself on the footpath outside an apartment block more than 30 times.
In 2019, celebrity publicist Roxy Jacenko publicly shamed an alleged repeat offending "poo-jogger" outside the Sydney chief executive's offices.
Jacenko posted videos to her Instagram page at the time, showing the woman stopping and appearing to relieve herself between two cars.
