A TEENAGER caught running naked through a kebab shop has been given a dressing down in court, with a magistrate labelling him “a goose.”

Jack Mascitelli, 18, was caught running “yelling and screaming” without clothes on in the main streets of Byron Bay on December 4 last year.

The Melbourne teenager, who the Downing Centre Local Court heard today is studying law and commerce, successfully argued against a $500 fine.

But the decision to dismiss an offensive behaviour charge under a section 10, with no conviction recorded, came after deputy Chief Magistrate Christopher O’Brien lambasted his actions.

“What a goose,” he said to Mascitelli, who is from Melbourne.

“You behaved completely inappropriately.

media_camera Jack Mascitelli avoided a $500 fine after running naked through a kebab shop on Johnson St, Byron Bay

“Running around the streets of Byron Bay with no clothes on, I don’t know why you would want a kebab at that time...[they are] usually reserved for more later hours of the evening after consuming a considerable amount of alcohol.”

Magistrate O’Brien said Mascitelli could have disturbed those on holiday who “had gone to the beach for a swim.”

The court heard Mascitelli had run into the shop naked as “a dare.”

The Magistrate warned the teenager he risked jeopardising his future law career “because of this act of stupidity” but believed he had “learned something and taken [the charge] seriously.”

Mascitelli admitted the charge at the earliest opportunity and has left court with a clean criminal record.

Originally published as Law student ran naked into kebab shop