'Racist' knifeman arrested at Dapto train station smears Lake Illawarra jail cell with faeces

Police say the cells were so foul they had to be temporarily decommissioned, with an estimated forensic clean-up bill of $1500. 

Police picked up Shane Andrew Hanson, 45, at Dapto Railway Station Friday evening after station staff reported he was on the platform yelling and waving a knife at waiting travelers, causing people to flee. 

Officers allegedly found him drunk or drug-affected, spouting racist comments, with two kitchen knives tucked inside his pants. 

“There was a group of Asian c---s staring at me, giving me lip,” he allegedly told them. 

“I went off at them and I then ran to my son’s house and grabbed the knives to teach them a lesson. F--- those Asian and Thai c---s. I’ll f--- them up. I’ll show them.”  

Police say Hanson’s was aggressive and “up and down” in his behaviour, once at the police station.

He allegedly unzipped his pants and urinated in one dock, causing police to shut it down. 

He was moved to a cell – larger than the docks and with a bed and toilet. 

He allegedly became aggressive and used a blanket and anything else he could find to block the toilet, causing the cell to flood. 

Police allege he then stripped naked, defecated into his underwear and smeared the walls with faeces. He allegedly wrote “dogs” with his own excrement and urinated on the floor again. 

On Saturday, Wollongong bail court heard Hanson had no memory of any of this and therefore wasn’t in a position to refute the police claims. 

“It isn’t a very nice set of [allegations],” his lawyer, Anthony Goodridge, acknowledged. 

“He’s quite surprised and shocked by the way he’s alleged to have behaved.” 

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Hanson, of Windang, but now living with family in Dapto, claims he drank four bourbons and three beers before visiting the train station. 

Through his lawyer, he said he did not have a problem with alcohol but would agree to abstain – and to avoid the train station, and report daily to police - if granted bail. 

But the prosecution opposed Hanson’s release, saying he posed a threat to members of the community

“His behaviour is alarming, especially while in custody,” Prosecutor Davis said. 

“His conduct would indicate there are other issues there, whether they be mental health issues or drug-related.” 

The registrar said the police account of events was “disturbing”. 

Bail was refused. The matter returns to court on Monday.