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?
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?