Peter Kay has been charged with historical farting offences. The 51 year old comic, known affectionately for his schoolboyish portliness, is facing claims from a library, a church, Bolton shopping centre, and some 200 clubs and venues that he farted on their premises between the years 2001 and 2014.
However the offences are thought only to be the tip of the iceberg. An officer representing Greater Manchester Police’s historical farting offences investigations, codenamed Operation Let Rip, says that over 12,000 other lines of inquiry are being pursued. ‘It is clear that Kay has a horrific history of farting in public.’
The news is set to destroy the comic’s carefully cultivated man of the people persona. ‘Peter Kay always said he loves pop,’ said one now ex-fan. ‘What is clear is that he just likes to go pop.’ Kay has recently and very publically converted to Christianity, some say as a ruse to cover his wind-breaking past. The grandmother fan was bitter. ‘He’s nothing to me now. Just another fat shit from Bolton.’
Operation Let Rip has taken down numerous celebrities for leaving steam bombs in places where children and essential workers pass through. In 2017, officers from Let Rip asked the Crown Prosecution service to consider bringing charges against James Corden when a member of the public claimed she passed out behind him in a Greggs queue. The woman said Corden’s farts ‘reeked of other-worldly eggs.’ Later that year an anonymous tip off led officers to arrest Adrian Chiles when he was overheard sniggering in a Halfords and asking his acquaintance, ‘Can you smell it?’ Chiles was charged with the arcane offence of ‘outraging olfactory morals.’
Repercussions of the investigations into farting offences by public figures have not been without controversy. Darts fans were upset when Alexander Palace was preemptively closed this year, while the curry restaurant industry has been decimated. Meanwhile Kay’s career looks to have been shattered as his farts have caught up with him. ‘But he’s still shitting in public,’ says a friend. ‘Kay will never stop farting. It’s who he is.’