Cooper David Burton-Lowe faces court for urinating on police car and leading officers on a chase

A teenager who urinated on a police car then led officers on a chase during which one broke his nose has been labelled a “drunk idiot”. Cooper David Burton-Lowe peed on the police car parked outside the Dunsborough Tavern last month while officers were busy dealing with an issue nearby. When approached by police, the 19-year-old attempted to fled the scene into nearby bushland. As a result of the foot pursuit to apprehend Burton-Lowe, one of the chasing officers sustained a broken nose. Appearing in Busselton Magistrate’s Court to plead guilty to charges of disorderly behaviour in public and obstructing public officers, the former Bali resident was fined $1100. According to his lawyer, the teenager had been drinking with friends, “doesn’t know why he ran from police” and was sorry. Magistrate Michelle Pontifex called Burton-Lowe an idiot, but granted him a spent conviction given his age and clean criminal record. “Many people might not think public urination is quite so serious, but there’s many of us in the community who don’t like to see that and think it’s quite disgusting,” she said. “What I’m most concerned about is this obstructing officers, because you may have been intoxicated but in my view it shows considerable disrespect and ... if you hadn’t have done that, we wouldn’t have an officer with a broken nose. “He left home that day to do his job, got entangled with a drunk idiot and (has) gone home with a broken nose. “I hope you have learnt a lesson from this because it’s an offence which you could have gone to jail for.”