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No fine for man who put firecracker up his bum at Darwin party

Alex Bowden stuck a firecracker in his bottom crack. He won't face any punishment because police say he's "suffered enough". Picture: Facebook Source: Northern Territory News

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A MAN who made headlines when an explosive went off in his bum has "suffered enough'' and won't be fined for having illicit fireworks, police said.

Alex Bowden, 23, of Wagaman, spent several days in hospital after burning his buttocks with a winged spinning "flying bee'' on July 28.
Acting Senior Sergeant Crispin Gargan yesterday confirmed to The NT News that Mr Bowden was not fined the usual $282.
"`We believe he has suffered enough in relation to firecrackers,'' Sen Sgt Gargan said.

The drunken antics unfolded during a party when Mr Bowden, a fitter and turner, said he was showing some friends from Queensland "a Territory good time".
They had a few beers and set off sporadic contraband crackers -- presumably they had been left over from legal celebrations on July 1.

``And I put one in my arse. . . I didn't burn my balls or back,'' he told The NT News at the time, adding his mum thought it was funny.