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Freedom!

The Pyrenees
19-04-2004, 18:51
Sleeping football fan wins appeal


Adrian Carr had denied the charge of being drunk in a sporting arena
A football fan prosecuted for being drunk at a match after falling asleep during a game has won his appeal against his conviction.

Middlesbrough fan Adrian Carr was convicted of being drunk in a sporting arena, during a game against Arsenal.

He was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £150 costs by magistrates in Teesside in February.

On Monday, the conviction and sentence were overturned at Teesside Crown Court, by Judge Michael Taylor.


Mr Carr, 28, of Caithness Road, Middlesbrough, had denied one charge of being drunk in a sporting arena.

Judge Taylor, who was sitting with two magistrates, said: "It is the right of every Englishman at a football match to fall asleep if they want to.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/3638151.stm


So we don't have a constitution in Britain. But its the right of every Englishman at a football match to fall asleep. I love freedom :D

I don't know much about legal affairs, but does this make it a precedent, and so a legally enshrined right in our unwritten constitution?
Collaboration
19-04-2004, 18:55
It's a prezzzzedent.

Reasonable, too.

Like the Italian court that said it was not unlawful for a man to assault a driver who dented his Ferrari.

It all makes sense to me.
19-04-2004, 18:59
Like the Italian court that said it was not unlawful for a man to assault a driver who dented his Ferrari.

It all makes sense to me.

HAAAAAAAAAAHAHA!!!

Hrmm. *whistles*

Can't you sue the players if you fall a sleep during a game? Or at least get your money back?
The Pyrenees
19-04-2004, 19:36
It's a prezzzzedent.

Reasonable, too.

Like the Italian court that said it was not unlawful for a man to assault a driver who dented his Ferrari.

It all makes sense to me.
Common sense. Fighting those who want to make our lives totally risk (and therefore fun) free.
Elvandair
19-04-2004, 19:37
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The Pyrenees
19-04-2004, 19:46
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