'YOB COPS' LEFT TRAIN PASSENGERS IN FEAR.Byline: By ROD CHAYTOR A WOMAN who claimed she was mercilessly bullied by a group of drunken policemen after getting on a train was backed up by witnesses yesterday. Fellow passenger Cheryl Woodcock Cheryl Woodcock (b. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an entertainment producer and on-air personality for Entertainment Tonight and ET's The Insider. Woodcock attended Arizona State University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. said Miguel Bowler, 35, was called a a "druggie drug·gie also drug·gy n. pl. drug·gies Slang One that takes or is addicted to drugs: "They're like druggies, but without drugs; they're drugged on their own apathy" " and "scum of the earth". She told magistrates she was shocked at the behaviour of the two sergeants and four PCs who were returning from a pre-Christmas jaunt. She added: "The atmosphere was horrible. I was glad I didn't have my little boy with me. But there was a child on the train. It was quite scary." Later she told how she saw one of the men - all based in Boston, Lincs-push Miss Bowler into her seat as she tried to leave the 19.11 Nottingham-to-Skegness service. Another passenger Stacey Fulcher, said: "It was all drugs - saying she was a dealer and how many lives she'd ruined. They said she was a disgusting lesbian." The off-duty police, who knew Miss Bowler, eventually arranged for her to be arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs - which proved false. Sgt Mark Connolly, 35, of Sleaford, Lincs, and Sgt Simon Alderson, 35, of Quarrington, deny disorderly conduct disorderly conduct Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, fighting in a public place, blocking public ways, and making threats. on November 30 2004. PCs Ryan Duffy, 22, and Neill Webster, 23, both of Skegness' Matthew Dossett, 30, of Kirkby-on-Bain' and Jody Senior, 27, of Spalding, deny the same offence. The Gainsborough trial continues. |
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