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08-12-2014, 11:29 PM
Man Fined For Pretending To Be A Ghost At Cemetery, Making 'Wooo' Noises Around Mourners (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/man-pretends-ghost-cemetery_n_5661988.html)
Man fined for pretending to be ghost in Portsmouth cemetery | UK news | The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/07/man-fined-pretending-to-be-ghost-portsmouth-cemetery-anthony-stallard)
Man Fined For Pretending To Be A Ghost At Cemetery, Making 'Wooo' Noises Around Mourners
The Huffington Post | By Sebastian Murdock
Posted: 08/08/2014 11:46 am EDT
What a ghoul-igan!
An unemployed British man from Portsmouth was arrested April 29 and later fined after pretending to be a ghost near mourners at a grave, according to The Portsmouth News.
While a nearby family was paying their respects to a lost loved one at Kingston Cemetery, a drunk 24-year-old Anthony Stallard was "throwing himself backwards, waving his arms about and going ''woooooooh," prosecuting attorney Tim Concannon said in court.
Prior to his boo-rish behavior, Stallard was seen kicking a ball around with a friend near the graves.
"While the football was going on, this defendant was effectively singing loudly and being disrespecting in among the graves," Concannon said.
Stallard was fined £35 (roughly $58), according to The Telegraph, after he pled guilty to using threatening or abusive words, or behavior likely to cause distress.
Despite his attempt to be a free spirit, Stallard said through his attorney that he regrets his actions.
"He has accepted that his behavior, if it had been outside of a cemetery, would not have been inappropriate, but inside a cemetery while people are grieving for their loved ones, it might be," defense attorney Denise Saunder told Portsmouth News. "He is apologetic as demonstrated by his early guilty plea."
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Man Fined For Pretending to be a Ghost at Cemetery - YouTube
Man fined for pretending to be ghost in Portsmouth cemetery | UK news | The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/07/man-fined-pretending-to-be-ghost-portsmouth-cemetery-anthony-stallard)
Man Fined For Pretending To Be A Ghost At Cemetery, Making 'Wooo' Noises Around Mourners
The Huffington Post | By Sebastian Murdock
Posted: 08/08/2014 11:46 am EDT
What a ghoul-igan!
An unemployed British man from Portsmouth was arrested April 29 and later fined after pretending to be a ghost near mourners at a grave, according to The Portsmouth News.
While a nearby family was paying their respects to a lost loved one at Kingston Cemetery, a drunk 24-year-old Anthony Stallard was "throwing himself backwards, waving his arms about and going ''woooooooh," prosecuting attorney Tim Concannon said in court.
Prior to his boo-rish behavior, Stallard was seen kicking a ball around with a friend near the graves.
"While the football was going on, this defendant was effectively singing loudly and being disrespecting in among the graves," Concannon said.
Stallard was fined £35 (roughly $58), according to The Telegraph, after he pled guilty to using threatening or abusive words, or behavior likely to cause distress.
Despite his attempt to be a free spirit, Stallard said through his attorney that he regrets his actions.
"He has accepted that his behavior, if it had been outside of a cemetery, would not have been inappropriate, but inside a cemetery while people are grieving for their loved ones, it might be," defense attorney Denise Saunder told Portsmouth News. "He is apologetic as demonstrated by his early guilty plea."
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/7/1407417657932/Kingston-cemetery-in-Port-011.jpg
Man Fined For Pretending to be a Ghost at Cemetery - YouTube