Two climate activists charged with trespassing at Scott Morrison’s family home have flagrantly boasted of their alleged crimes on social media.
Dean Fletcher, 33, and 18-year-old Caitlin Cooper were arrested at the Prime Minister’s house in south Sydney’s Sutherland Shire on Friday morning.
Just hours after they were released on bail, the activists posted a video on YouTube bragging about entering the grounds of Mr Morrison’s $920,000 house in a protest against his handling of the bushfire crisis.
Fletcher, 33, from Woolongong, admitted he planned to ‘s*** in his pool’ and proudly claimed he had ‘no remorse’.
Caitlin Cooper, 18, (pictured left) and Dean Fletcher, 33, (right) bragged of their alleged crime on social media just hours after being released on bail
Scott Morrison lived in the modest Port Hacking home with his wife Jenny and daughters Lily and Abbey (pictured) before he became prime minister
He claimed they had ‘put empty cans of drink’ into Mr Morrison’s recycling bin during the bizarre protest.
‘We were waiting to s*** in his pool for him to be there, but that didn’t happen,’ Fletcher admitted in the 10-minute video.
Cooper, 18, who identifies as non-binary, then laughed and said: ‘He didn’t turn up, a no-show’ before Fletcher replied: ‘ScoMo the no-show.’
Mr Morrison shares the home with his wife Jenny and daughters Abbey and Lily – but does not live there full time because the Prime Minister has official residences in Canberra and Kirribilli, Sydney.
At the time of the protest he was in Victoria visiting fire-ravaged towns.
Police confirmed two people had been charged with trespassing. Officers said no damage was done to the property.
Activities Caitlin Cooper (pictured, left) and Dean Fletcher (right) were charged with enter prescribed premises of any person without lawful excuse
They were both charged with enter prescribed premises of any person without lawful excuse.
In equally bizarre footage posted on Twitter before his arrest, Fletcher filmed himself with a towel around his neck declaring a ‘pool party at Scott’s’.
He is seen walking up to Mr Morrison’s family home and shouted ‘hey, Mr Prime Minister! Scotty!’
The house is not seen in the footage.
Dean Fletcher (pictured) posted several bizarre videos of himself on Twitter on Friday, saying he was going to Scott Morrison’s house for a ‘pool party’
The activist later boasted that the arrest report said he ‘did not appear to feel any remorse’ saying ‘never have the police so accurately described’ him.
‘The description of the crime was perfect,’ Fletcher said.
‘In the arrest report the police say ‘the accused does not appear to feel any remorse for his crimes and in fact appears to be quite proud of his actions’.
‘And never, never, have the police so accurately described me. It’s like I finally feel seen by the state. They see me, they aknowledge me, they hear me and they know me. It’s a beautiful thing. And thank you Scott, for that.’
Property records show the Prime Minister and his wife Jenny bought their three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at Port Hacking (pictured) for $920,000 in 2009
He went on to explain that Mr Morrison’s concerned neighbours had called the police because ‘they’re all snitches down in the Shire’.
‘We assumed there’d be a police presence but the big thing was, Scott did invite everyone round to watch the cricket instead of paying attention to the bushfires,’ Fletcher went on.
‘So it’s not really our fault. Because we were there by invitation. We’ll see how it holds up in court, but I don’t think old ScoMo’s got a leg to stand on.
‘We took the Prime Minister at his word when he said everyone should be watching the cricket instead of paying attention to the devastation of the fires, even as he jams his hand into the face of people who don’t want to talk to him.
Mr Morrison bought the 696 square-metre home (pictured) 10 years ago, several months after he was promoted to the Opposition frontbench
‘We were there to talk to him, we’d have shaken his hand, we’d have had a drink with him.
‘You know how else would have had a drink with us if we showed up at their house? Bob Hawke, Tony Abbot. The great leaders of yesteryear.’
It comes as the embattled prime minister defends his handling of the bushfire crisis, which has seen him criticised by locals in the fire-ravaged town of Combargo.
Palatial homes in the elite area of Port Hacking, boasting views of Dolans Bay, often sell for upwards of $3 million.
Mr Morrison’s home, which he shares with wife Jenny and daughters Abbey and Lily, is a more modest single-story house away from the waterfront.
‘Two people have been arrested after allegedly trespassing at a home in the Sutherland Shire today,’ NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia on Friday night.
‘Police will allege they found a man and woman standing inside the perimeter of the residence.
‘A 33-year-old man has been charged with enter prescribed premises of any person without lawful excuse and insight to the commission of crimes.
‘The Woolongong man has been granted conditional bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on Thursday 13th February 2020.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (pictured) has been criticised for his handling of the bushfire crisis, particularly after going on holiday to Hawaii before Christmas
‘An 18-year-old woman has been charged with enter prescribed premises of any person without lawful excuse. The woman from Fairy Meadow has also been granted conditional bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on Thursday 13th February 2020.’
The prime minister has previously spoken about his love of his modest family home, preferring to stay there instead of the grand Kirribilli House on the Sydney Harbour.
‘We’re looking at that at the moment,’ he said of moving house shortly after getting elected.
‘It’s not something we really thought much about and our girls go to school locally and they’ll continue to do that and that’s really important.
‘Jen is keeping family life very much the same.’
The alleged trespass took place while Mr Morrison was visiting bushfire victims in Victoria on Friday (pictured in the town of Sarsfield)