Australian barmaid fined $300 for showing too much buttock

A scantily-clad barmaid has been fined $300 after two police officers sitting at a bar in Perth decided she was showing too much buttock. Megan Brookes was charged with indecent exposure after being observed by the undercover officers at the Market City Tavern in Canning Vale, in Perth's south, in November 2008.

The 30-year-old had planned to fight the charge during a trial that was set to start at the Fremantle Magistrates Court on Monday but on Friday she pleaded guilty. When observed by the undercover officers she had been wearing black-lace French knickers with her buttocks exposed.



Her employer, Raunchy Promotions owner Steve Zielinski, said the barmaid's fine was ``ridiculous''. He said that police should be chasing violent criminals and protecting the elderly rather than sitting at bars watching scantily-dressed barmaids.

``It's an individual opinion as to what they constitute as immodest,'' he said. The barmaid had decided to plead guilty because of the high legal costs of fighting the charge, Mr Zielinski said.