Falling down prank man banned from shops for one year

A Brisbane man has been banned from a number of Australian retailers over a video showing him pretending to fall over in their stores.



For over three days Adrian Van Oyen, 20, visited a number of Woolworths, Big W, BI-LO, Target and Coles stores and was filmed pretending to fall over. Mr Van Oyen explained the prank was carried out with the help of his friend - whom he is reluctant to name.

"He usually films me while I do the prank," he said. Mr Van Oyen said his only mission behind the prank was to garner people's reactions to him falling down. "Usually they just have a laugh and come to help me - everyone is really nice though," he said. Everyone, that is, except for the supermarkets he targeted.


YouTube link. Additional falling down video.

"I was taken to court by Coles and got charged with being a public nuisance," Mr Van Oyen said. "Then Woolies came along and took me to court. Now I'm basically banned from any Coles and Woolies-run store." Despite the ban, Mr Van Oyen doesn't regret his prank. "I'll be right, I'll manage," he said.