Boxer Eubank arrested over Harry war protest
22nd February 2007
Prince Harry, who has always wanted to join the British Army since a very young age, is about to fight in Iraq. The brave royal said he would quit the army if he couldn't fight on the front line with Our Boys.
Former world champion boxer Chris Eubank has been arrested for staging a protest about Prince Harry being sent to fight in the Iraq war.
The flamboyant showman is alleged to have driven his truck up and down Whitehall in London, tooting the horn.
A banner on the back of the driver's cabin read: "Blair don't send our young prince to your catastrophic illegal war to make it look plausible".
Immaculately dressed Eubank comes face-to-face with a police officer by his beloved truck
Witnesses said the smartly-dressed heavyweight and former Celebrity Big Brother star got into an argument with police after being stopped.
He was arrested for breach of the peace and driving without due care and attention, according to police.
Immaculately dressed in a cream suit and silver tie, Eubank, 40, was seen talking to several police officers as he stood next to a large black truck with his name emblazoned on the side in London.
Moments before his arrest Eubank argues with officers, according to witnesses
He was then escorted to a police van and climbed in the back, before being driven away.
Scotland Yard confirmed a man had been arrested in Whitehall, London.
His alleged action comes hours after Prince Harry was reported to be "delighted" with the news that his regiment was being sent to Iraq.
A police spokesman said: "We have arrested a man in Whitehall for breach of the peace."
He was not able to give details of the alleged offence but added the man was now being held at a central London police station, believed to be Charing Cross.
Eubank's lawyer,Mel Goldberg,of the London firm Max Bitel Greene, said he had heard the reports of his client's arrest but had not yet been contacted by him.
Mr Goldberg said: "I have heard about it but I do not have any details about it.
"I haven't spoken to him and I cannot confirm anything at the moment."
Footage of the former world champion boxer's arrest was shown on BBC News 24.
The arrest is not the ex-world super-middleweight champion's first brush with the law.
He was found guilty of illegally driving off in a beer lorry without the owner's consent in September 2005.
The court cleared him of the more serious offence of aggravated vehicle taking and he was given an absolute discharge, but ordered to pay £450 in costs and £90 for outstanding penalty fines.
Eubank, of Upper Drive, Hove, had told Brighton magistrates the lorry blocked his way when he took his children to school.
Several drivers were beeping their horns in frustration at the 35ft vehicle, which was being unloaded in central Brighton.
Eubank had asked the draymen to move the Volvo articulated lorry but when they failed to do so, he climbed into the cab himself.
The former boxer, who has an HGV licence, then drove the truck 150 yards down before parking up, getting back into his black Hummer and taking his three children to school.
He returned to the scene soon afterwards and was arrested.
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22nd February 2007
Prince Harry, who has always wanted to join the British Army since a very young age, is about to fight in Iraq. The brave royal said he would quit the army if he couldn't fight on the front line with Our Boys.
Former world champion boxer Chris Eubank has been arrested for staging a protest about Prince Harry being sent to fight in the Iraq war.
The flamboyant showman is alleged to have driven his truck up and down Whitehall in London, tooting the horn.
A banner on the back of the driver's cabin read: "Blair don't send our young prince to your catastrophic illegal war to make it look plausible".
Immaculately dressed Eubank comes face-to-face with a police officer by his beloved truck
Witnesses said the smartly-dressed heavyweight and former Celebrity Big Brother star got into an argument with police after being stopped.
He was arrested for breach of the peace and driving without due care and attention, according to police.
Immaculately dressed in a cream suit and silver tie, Eubank, 40, was seen talking to several police officers as he stood next to a large black truck with his name emblazoned on the side in London.
Moments before his arrest Eubank argues with officers, according to witnesses
He was then escorted to a police van and climbed in the back, before being driven away.
Scotland Yard confirmed a man had been arrested in Whitehall, London.
His alleged action comes hours after Prince Harry was reported to be "delighted" with the news that his regiment was being sent to Iraq.
A police spokesman said: "We have arrested a man in Whitehall for breach of the peace."
He was not able to give details of the alleged offence but added the man was now being held at a central London police station, believed to be Charing Cross.
Eubank's lawyer,Mel Goldberg,of the London firm Max Bitel Greene, said he had heard the reports of his client's arrest but had not yet been contacted by him.
Mr Goldberg said: "I have heard about it but I do not have any details about it.
"I haven't spoken to him and I cannot confirm anything at the moment."
Footage of the former world champion boxer's arrest was shown on BBC News 24.
The arrest is not the ex-world super-middleweight champion's first brush with the law.
He was found guilty of illegally driving off in a beer lorry without the owner's consent in September 2005.
The court cleared him of the more serious offence of aggravated vehicle taking and he was given an absolute discharge, but ordered to pay £450 in costs and £90 for outstanding penalty fines.
Eubank, of Upper Drive, Hove, had told Brighton magistrates the lorry blocked his way when he took his children to school.
Several drivers were beeping their horns in frustration at the 35ft vehicle, which was being unloaded in central Brighton.
Eubank had asked the draymen to move the Volvo articulated lorry but when they failed to do so, he climbed into the cab himself.
The former boxer, who has an HGV licence, then drove the truck 150 yards down before parking up, getting back into his black Hummer and taking his three children to school.
He returned to the scene soon afterwards and was arrested.
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