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Jamie Hawkins

Angry farmer covers Mercedes with slurry after owner parked on land 'to go to beach'

An angry farmer covered a Mercedes in slurry after it was parked on his land to 'go to the beach'.

Footage shows the moment the tractor driver passes the shiny black car on his field, before shooting dirt onto the vehicle.

In the video, posted by several people online, the driver of the tractor can be heard commentating on what is going on in his field where he is doing work.

Robbie Nute, who works on Clifden Farm in Cornwall, first uploaded the clip over the Bank Holiday weekend when thousands descended to beaches to enjoy the warm weather.

The Mercedes was parked on the farmer's field (Ozmo Motorsport Remap Tuning Specialists/Facebook)

In the clip, the the camera points round at a car which has parked up near a gate and leads to the farmer commenting: "The beach is nice and busy today - everyone social distancing I suppose.

"That busy, they've decided to park in the field."

The voice of a young child in the cab then appears to ask "what are you going to do now?", to which the driver replies: "I've nearly finished mate, I'm not stopping."

The tractor approaches the Mercedes car (Ozmo Motorsport Remap Tuning Specialists/Facebook)

He then proceeds to coat the car with slurry.

As he drives up to it, the farmer can be heard saying: "I Hope you have as much fun washing your car as I am going to have painting it for you."

The video has been shared thousands of times on social media, and has left people divided over whether the farmer was right to act.

The farmer fires slurry at the car (Ozmo Motorsport Remap Tuning Specialists/Facebook)

Beth Matthews, who tweeted the footage, said: "If you’re going to the beach and there’s nowhere to park, don’t illegally use a farmers field...especially when they are spreading slurry. Only in Cornwall."

Another said: "This is inspired we need more like him in Devon."

The car was left covered in slurry (Ozmo Motorsport Remap Tuning Specialists/Facebook)

"Personally I don’t see a problem with the farmer doing this," another commented.

"If you have the stupidity to park on someone’s property illegally then I’m afraid you deal with the consequences he got of lightly,park on my drive and you would be blocked in for many hours to come!"

"I think karma just called," another amused Twitter user said.

Christine Couser said: "Is it bad that this made me smile?"

But not everyone agreed with the farmer's actions. One person tweeted: "I am sorry, I think it is mean and horrible. Used to live in Cornwall and loved it but this is disgraceful.

"He did it on purpose for no good reason at all. Obviously even this damned virus situation hasn't changed some people for the better."

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