A B.C. man accused of smearing excrement on one landlord’s wall and sitting on another’s furniture while “soaked in urine and feces” won’t be awarded thousands of dollars in damages for his early evictions and lost damage deposits, a provincial civil resolution tribunal decided.

Rick Bennell had sued two of his former landlords for kicking him out without a month’s notice and withholding his deposits. From Marcel Oostenbroek, he was seeking $4,300, tabulated as $750 for one month’s rent and $750 in damage deposits along with $2,800 in “allegedly stolen items.”