Fernando Perez Hurtado, from San Juan Del Rio, was dismissed for abusing his authority after he tried to impose the "humiliating" sentence on the 13 year-old. Police said the teenager, who has not been named, was caught 'tagging' on walls of public buildings and homes in the town. After he was arrested and charged, he faced court where the judge imposed the bizarre punishment instead of forcing his parents to pay a fine.

Despite protests from parents and other court officials, the judge ordered the young artist to pull down his trousers before attempting to paint his buttocks with the same spray paint the teenager had used during his crimes. The judge, who is facing a three year ban from public office and a fine, was prevented from the touching the child after concerned officials stepped in, local media reported. The town's mayor Gustavo Nieto later confirmed he had fired the judge, whose job it was to impose penalties for petty crime, after he had "humiliated" the teenager.

He said the judge had abused his authority, because he should have notified the boy's parents to force them pay a fine for the clean-up, not punish him directly. "The report I have is that the judge told him to drop his (trousers) and spray paint (his) buttocks," the mayor said. Mr Perez Hurtado was unavailable for comment. The family of the teenager were also not available to discuss the incident.

Power corrupts...

Judge Perez Hurtado's suggestion for how to deal with flashers raised some eye brows...

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