Humble East Fife FC haven't won anything in sixty years or more, so were justified in breaking out the champagne at the end of Saturday's match in which they beat East Stirling 3-0 to become 3rd division champions.
Unfortunately PC Plod was of the opinion that the two dozen bottles of champers which the players and staff were celebrating with breached the Criminal law (Consolidation) act of 1995, which banned the consumption of alcohol ate football matches, except in certain designated areas.
It seems that officers threatened to arrest a club direct when the bottles were removed to the dressing room.
Club Director Jim Stevenson said that little alcohol was being drunk as "most people were wearing it." East Fife fan Eugene Clarke added that the Police behaviour was "ludicrously authoritarian."
A spokesperson from central Police came out with some mealy-mouthed platitudes which I quite frankly can't be arsed to repeat.
Police state or what?
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Showing posts with label Police. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Another Tory MP in the S**t
Nigel Waterson, Tory MP for Eastbourne, was arrested and held for 13 hours by Police on Sunday night on charges of assault.
The arrest was made, at a house in Bromley, after Police were called to deal with an incident in which two teenage children were allegedly assaulted.
More to follow on due course.
The arrest was made, at a house in Bromley, after Police were called to deal with an incident in which two teenage children were allegedly assaulted.
More to follow on due course.
Sunday, 16 December 2007
Tommy the Trot "helping police with their enquiries"
Former MSP & former Leader of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), Tommy Sheridan, has been arrested by 3 detectives from Lothian & Borders Police at 13.10hrs this afternoon.
It seems his arrest is to answer questions which allege perjury during last year's victory in his defamation case against the News of the World. Much to the surprise of many Scots, Sheridan was cleared by a jury at the end of the 4 week trial. The News of the World described his win as "perverse" and threatened to appeal.
During the trial 4 of the SSP's 6 MSP's testified against Sheridan and one colleague backed him.
The other upshot of the trial was that the SSP split wide open, with Sheridan setting up another Trot party titled "Solidarity" (sic). At the subsequent Scottish Parliament Elections in May 2007 all 6 lost their seats, including Irvine based Rosemary Byrne (someone whose views I strongly disagree with, but greatly respect the hard work she put in for her constituents).
That's about all that is known for now but I suspect that there will be further developments in the next few days.
It seems his arrest is to answer questions which allege perjury during last year's victory in his defamation case against the News of the World. Much to the surprise of many Scots, Sheridan was cleared by a jury at the end of the 4 week trial. The News of the World described his win as "perverse" and threatened to appeal.
During the trial 4 of the SSP's 6 MSP's testified against Sheridan and one colleague backed him.
The other upshot of the trial was that the SSP split wide open, with Sheridan setting up another Trot party titled "Solidarity" (sic). At the subsequent Scottish Parliament Elections in May 2007 all 6 lost their seats, including Irvine based Rosemary Byrne (someone whose views I strongly disagree with, but greatly respect the hard work she put in for her constituents).
That's about all that is known for now but I suspect that there will be further developments in the next few days.
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