A primary school groundsman who became obsessed with a schoolgirl and pooped in her best friend's backyard has been spared jail. Maxwell John Cook, 33, worked at the school in Illawarra, NSW, where he became infatuated with one of the female students. Cook also entered the backyard of the student's best friend and would defecate on the grass, often on a Sunday morning, from September 2019 to February. He pleaded guilty to all charges at Wollongong Local Court on Friday and was placed on a 12-month intensive corrections order alongside other punishments and allowed back into the community. In a second interview with police, Cook revealed he was stalking the schoolgirl and told officers he was obsessed with her.

Source: Daily Mail July 18, 2020 01:13 UTC