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Man says rape by wombat changed him into an Aussie

A New Zealand man has been sentenced to 75 hours of community service after telling police that he had been raped by a wombat and that 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 Feb. 11 to report that he was being raped by the slow moving Australian marsupial at his home, a report in the Nelson Mail said.

WITHDRAWAL

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

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

FICTITIOUS PURPOSE

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

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