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“I’d rather be toasting with brandy at a fireplace on the holidays, but I really want to make sure my client gets the help he needs.

“We’re glad he’s at Old City Hall courts where those suffering with mental illness can go to a specialized court where those issues are dealt with appropriately,” said Weisz.

“Lawyers are members of the public too and we want our streets to be safe.

“If he violates his bail, he won’t get bail again.”

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Opoku, who appeared distracted in court, has been charged with five counts of assault with a weapon and five counts of mischief interfering with property.

Toronto Police allege Opoku threw buckets of “liquefied fecal matter” in three separate attacks on random people between Friday Nov. 22 and Monday Nov. 25.

Two of those bizarre feces-flinging incidents occurred inside university libraries, police said.

Police allege Opoku entered the Robarts Library, at 130 St. George St., on the University of Toronto and poured a bucket of feces over a woman and a child seated at a table on Nov. 22, shortly after 5 p.m.

Two days later at almost exactly the same time of day, police said the suspect entered Scott Library, at 4700 Keele St., at York University and splashed fecal matter onto a woman and a man.

The next day, at five minutes to midnight, a man surprised an unsuspecting woman near College and McCaul streets by dousing her with a bucket of feces.

spazzano@postmedia.com