Man sentenced over wombat rape claim

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Man sentenced over wombat rape claim

Posted Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:13pm AEDT
Updated Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:22pm AEDT

A New Zealand man has been sentenced to community service after telling police he had been raped by a wombat and the experience had caused him to start speaking "Australian".


Arthur Cradock, a 48-year-old orchard worker from Motueka on South Island, rang police on February 11 to say he was being raped by the slow-moving Australian marsupial at his home, The Nelson Mail reported.


He rang back soon afterwards to say he was withdrawing his complaint against the wombat, a court was told.


"Apart from speaking Australian now, I'm pretty all right you know," he told police in the second call.


Cradock pleaded guilty to using a phone for a fictitious purpose and was sentenced to 75 hours community work.


Prosecutors said alcohol played a large part in Cradock's life, although his defence lawyer said he was not drunk on the afternoon of the phone calls.



Man sentenced over wombat rape claim - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)




Wombat is SHOCKED by allegations and puts out the following statement to the media: "I did...not...have...sexual relations with that human...Mr. Cradock."