The no-nonsense farmer who took matters into his own hands and sprayed travellers with putrid-smelling slurry after they squatted on his land says he was driven to breaking point - after police told him there was nothing they could do.
Fearless dairy farmer Pierre Richard became an unlikely internet star after using reeking liquid manure to cover the gypsies who had stormed his family farm in northeastern France.
The astonishing footage, now seen by millions, shows he and another farmer spraying fertilizer towards the unwanted intruders - who, in turn, desperately give chase.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, Mr Richard, 37, revealed how he felt compelled to act after police waved away his desperate pleas for help.
Speaking at his farm near the village of Le Syndicat in the Vosges region of France, the fifth-generation farmer said: 'I'd simply had enough.
