Court tells nudist to 'cover up'.A NUDIST was warned by magistrates yesterday he would have to put on clothes to appear in court. Vincent Bethell, 28, who campaigns for the right to be naked, was accused of 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. when police arrested him for being nude in a London street on Tuesday. Yesterday he insisted he be allowed to attend a hearing a Bow Street Bow Street is a thoroughfare in Covent Garden, Westminster London. It features as one of the streets on the standard London Monopoly board. The area around Bow Street was developed by the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford in the 1630s. without clothes. His lawyer Anya Palmer suggested he could cover-up to enter the dock which could then be screened to hide him from the waist down. But magistrate Any individual who has the power of a public civil officer or inferior judicial officer, such as a Justice of the Peace. The various state judicial systems provide for judicial officers who are often called magistrates, justices of the peace, or police justices. Nathan Evans Nathan P. Evans Nathan P. Evans Nathan Evans and Ollie Banton Biography Nathan Evans was born on March 7th. He presently resides in Brookline, MA. He has one brother. General Nathan Evans is a well known resident of Brookline, MA. said Bethell could not dictate terms. He said "We see no reason to shield the dock." He then went to the cells to tell Bethell he was being refused entry to court. Bethell was remanded in custody to await trial on Monday. |
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