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A student who pleaded guilty to outraging public decency after he was pictured urinating over a war memorial has been told to do community service. A student who admitted outraging public decency after he was pictured urinating over a Sheffield war memorial has been told to do community service.
Philip Laing, 19, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, a Sheffield Hallam University student, was photographed following a drinking session in the city. Philip Laing, 19, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, who had been out drinking, was charged after the photograph appeared on the Daily Mail website.
He was charged after the picture appeared on the Daily Mail website. The Sheffield Hallam University student had been warned he faced jail.
He had been warned he could face jail but was told to complete 250 hours community service by city magistrates. He was told to complete 250 hours community service when he appeared at the city's magistrates' court.
District Judge Anthony Browne said: "I have never seen anybody more contrite.
"The image of you urinating on the memorial is truly shocking.
"You have understandably had the wrath and indignation of the public heaped upon you and your family."
The court had previously heard that Laing, a sports technology student, had drunk a bottle of whisky before attending an organised student drinking session on 11 October arranged by private company Carnage UK.
Laing had said he had no recollection of the events of the night until he was contacted by the university press office and shown the photograph, which later appeared on the newspaper's website.