Man who disrupted boat race is jailed for 6 months.

Super-Rush · 19-10-2012 04:34PM #1

A man who disrupted this year's University Boat Race has been jailed for six months for causing a public nuisance.

Trenton Oldfield, 36, of Myrdle Street, east London, swam into the path of crews on 7 April interrupting the 158th race between Oxford and Cambridge.

More here.

Jailed for 6 months for stopping a poxy fcuking boat race?

Thats what you get for sticking your oar in i suppose.

steddyeddy · 19-10-2012 04:36PM

Stupid judge thread number #104

Drakares · 19-10-2012 04:36PM

Meanwhile Séan Quinn junior released from prison due to "expired" charges.

I know it's Ireland not Britain, but the justice system priorities at it's best.

dr.bollocko · 19-10-2012 04:42PM

Fcuked up a national event that a bunch of people have trained for to be a twat.

Good enough for him.

Gee Bag · 19-10-2012 04:42PM

Drakares wrote: »

Meanwhile Séan Quinn junior released from prison due to "expired" charges.

I know it's Ireland not Britain, but the justice system priorities at it's best.

Not standing up for Sean Jr. here, his 3 month period of detention for contempt of court has expired. All prisoners are entitled to be released after their sentence is served.

corktina · 19-10-2012 04:44PM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Fcuked up a national event that a bunch of people have trained for to be a twat.

Good enough for him.

it wouldn't have been jail if it had been an event for council estate residents though.

I do wonder why the BBC spend a fortune each year televising it though

Badly Drunk Boy · 19-10-2012 04:45PM

Super-Rush wrote: »

That's what you get for sticking your oar in i suppose.

But it was the rowers that were sticking their oars in...

My name is URL · 19-10-2012 04:47PM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Fcuked up a national event that a bunch of people have trained for to be a twat.

Good enough for him.

I agree.. they do train very hard to be twats

gurramok · 19-10-2012 04:50PM

He should of thrown garlic at the boats, apparently its more valuable to the safety of society!

Gee Bag · 19-10-2012 04:50PM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Fcuked up a national event that a bunch of people have trained for to be a twat.

Good enough for him.

Have to agree with that. I'm not a great fan of the Oxbridge rowing chaps but they are entitled to have their fun. (so long as they're not burning peasants)

On a slightly related issue, we haven't really heard much from this lad of late.........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Horan

enricoh · 19-10-2012 04:51PM

sod him, that nutter irish priest that stopped the guy winning his race a few years ago should'a been sent to a pstchiatric hospital as well for 6 months

usernamegoes · 19-10-2012 05:01PM

Gee Bag wrote: »

Not standing up for Sean Jr. here, his 3 month period of detention for contempt of court has expired. All prisoners are entitled to be released after their sentence is served.

Aye, his contempt has not been purged so that sentence could be renewed. I think it's okay to release him while new solicitors review the case, but if in two weeks his contempt is not purged then him and his dad into prison.

HeyThereDeliah · 19-10-2012 05:03PM

He is an idiot, he should be deported back to Australia, he can protest all he wants there.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 19-10-2012 05:10PM

Good result I say dear chap. High jinks of this order have no place at Henley.

the keen edge · 19-10-2012 05:16PM

corktina wrote: »

it wouldn't have been jail if it had been an event for council estate residents though.

I do wonder why the BBC spend a fortune each year televising it though

Yeah, but joy-riding and random abandonment of Tesco shopping trollys down railway embankments doesn't make good sporting television programming thought does it?

TheLastMohican · 19-10-2012 05:21PM

AKA Fr Cornelius Hogan .......... famed underwater dancer for peace?

Kurz · 19-10-2012 05:21PM

Six months is a stupid amount of time for this, any amount of prison time would be stupid for such a nothing-offense.

HeyThereDeliah · 19-10-2012 05:24PM

Kurz wrote: »

Six months is a stupid amount of time for this, any amount of prison time would be stupid for such a nothing-offense.

How is it a nothing offence? He put himself and others in danger, what if he got hurt, then the emergency services would have to rescue him, would he cover the cost of this ?

PizzamanIRL · 19-10-2012 05:26PM

And that muppet of a priest got nothing for ruining an Olympian's chance of gold.

19-10-2012 05:28PM

One simply does not disrupt a rowing contest.

Kurz · 19-10-2012 05:29PM

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

How is it a nothing offence? He put himself and others in danger, what if he got hurt, then the emergency services would have to rescue him, would he cover the cost of this ?

If he had assaulted one of the participants after the thing he probably would have gotten a shorter sentence. Half a year in jail is excessive to the extreme. I don't know who covers the cost of what or how it's relevant? Six months housing someone in jail ain't cheap either.

TheLastMohican · 19-10-2012 05:32PM

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

And that muppet of a priest got nothing for ruining an Olympian's chance of gold.

Wiki says otherwise.
De Lima was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin Medal at the closing ceremony for his "...exceptional demonstration of fair play and Olympic values during this evening's marathon."[citation needed]
The head of the Brazilian Track Federation launched an appeal based on the controversy surrounding Horan's interference in the marathon. The federation asked that de Lima also be awarded a gold medal, citing precedents set in past Olympic matches where extenuating circumstances have led to more than one winner in certain sports. This request was denied.
Horan was given a 12 months' suspended sentence by a Greek court and fined €3,000.

keelanj69 · 19-10-2012 05:33PM

6 months? Sure you wouldnt serve that for sexual assaulting a teenager. Bit harsh.

Internet Hero · 19-10-2012 05:35PM

why would anyone care about a load of billionairs racing in rowing boats? they should go to jail too haha

HeyThereDeliah · 19-10-2012 05:35PM

Kurz wrote: »

If he had assaulted one of the participants after the thing he probably would have gotten a shorter sentence. Half a year in jail is excessive to the extreme. I don't know who covers the cost of what or how it's relevant? Six months housing someone in jail ain't cheap either.

I suppose you have a point but what he did was stupid and ok six months is excessive but he deserved a very large fine.

What did he hope to achieve by his actions, he is criticising the country and its people after all.

Piliger · 19-10-2012 05:37PM

Super-Rush wrote: »

More here.

Jailed for 6 months for stopping a poxy fcuking boat race?

Thats what you get for sticking your oar in i suppose.

He deserved every day of it and should have been fined ten grand as well !! tosser !

Richard Hillman · 19-10-2012 05:41PM

Those rowers gave a whole year of their lives for that race and it was ruined by that clown. Im sure if that bottle in the 100m Olympic Final had have hit Usain Bolt or forced him to false start, people would be also be calling for the culprit to be punished severely.

UglyBolloxFace · 19-10-2012 06:20PM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Fcuked up a national event that a bunch of people have trained for to be a twat.

Good enough for him.

Twat training?

Micky Dolenz · 19-10-2012 06:26PM

Community service would have been better. Why waste tax payers money on a non violent offender like this. Madness that he finds himself up shits creek without a paddle.

Allyall · 19-10-2012 06:26PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Those rowers gave a whole year of their lives for that race and it was ruined by that clown. Im sure if that bottle in the 100m Olympic Final had have hit Usain Bolt or forced him to false start, people would be also be calling for the culprit to be punished severely.

Could they not just restart it? It doesn't have to be immediately....
Also, Usain Bolt running in the Olympics 100m WORLD event, is not nearly the same as two teams in London.

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Namlub · 19-10-2012 06:49PM

Internet Hero wrote: »

why would anyone care about a load of billionairs racing in rowing boats? they should go to jail too haha

The same reason people care about about a load of billionaires kicking a ball around a field, presumably.

Man who disrupted boat race is jailed for 6 months.

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