Australian tried to post poo and wee to Jared Leto and Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jared Leto were sent more than 20 packages of poo and wee from Australia, a court has heard.
Veronica Grey, who identifies as male, sent 23 packages of frozen human waste from post offices in Perth, Lesmurdie, High Wycombe and Kalamunda.
He labelled them as ‘Valentine confectionery’ and posted them to the Hollywood stars in California, US, between February 2 to 8.
Grey admitted ‘poor judgement’ and was handed a two-year good behaviour bond.
The contents of the packages were discovered after one leaked onto an Australia Post worker, ABC reports.
Grey, who was born in the Philippines and is in Australia on a temporary bridging visa, was charged with five counts of using the postal service to menace, harass or cause offence.
All the packages were declared to not include any prohibited items before they were sent.
Grey’s lawyer Kaia Gooding said the packages were sent to the actors because of their environmentalism.
A psychiatric report found Grey had not considered the consequences to his actions due to a mental impairment.
Ms Gooding said: ‘The risk of re-offending is non-exisistent.’
Magistrate Deen Potter said Grey’s offences had a ‘significant impact’ on postal workers.
He said: ‘Based on your world views being outside of the accepted norms… you weren’t motivated by malice.
‘In a world of increasingly political polarisation… the court must discourage other individuals from sending material through the post.’
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