Eubank arrested over Downing Street protest

Chris Eubank has been arrested during a one-man protest against the military occupation of Iraq.

While at the police station, Eubank was arrested again in connection with the possession of a bladed instrument.



He initially backed his huge truck outside Downing Street and sounded his horn for about a minute.

He then drove off before returning for a second time but was promptly arrested after reversing into a delivery van and sounding his horn again.

After being ordered out of his truck, Eubank held both fists in the air as he was was driven away in a police car.

Eubank, the former world middleweight champion, had earlier pleaded with officers to arrest him.

After arriving for the first time in his truck, which bore the slogan "Tony Blair military occupation causes terrorism", a policeman told him: "I am issuing you with a ticket and asking you to produce your licence and papers within seven days."

Eubank replied in his characteristic lisp: "But officer you must arrest me.

He added: "But officer you must use your power as a man of the law and arrest me."

Speaking before his arrest, Eubank described himself as "a man of many talents".

On Iraq he said: "The military occupation doesn't work. All it does is cause more terror. If I come in to your house with a gun, people will react against me. It's called terrorism."

Eubank, who has converted to Islam in recent years, also described himself as "a man of many faiths".


Story filed: 18:19 Tuesday 14th October 2003

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