I have reported many of his posts, I cannot recall how many but I reported a lot asking for them to be merged and they have. Maybe others also reported the same posts but either way the fact remains he has been spamming threads constantly.

Even after the merging of posts he has been carrying out the same behaviour but if he did not receive a specific warning for moderators there is a possibility he was unaware. I have no intention of defending him but he could claim ignorance because when was the last time any of us looked at the rules?