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Public schoolboy faces jail for urinating on war memorial

Organisers of a pub crawl which led to a student urinating on a city centre war memorial should have been prosecuted with him, a judge has suggested.

Philip Laing, 19, an ex-public schoolboy, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency when he appeared at Sheffield magistrates’ court and was warned he could face jail.

District Judge Anthony Browne told him: “I have no doubt whatsoever it was the vast amount of alcohol you consumed that led you to behave that way.

“Carnage was the name of the organisation that promote this type of activity and some might say someone should be standing alongside you this morning.”

Laing was one of 2,000 students who took part in Carnage UK, a seven hour drinking session through Sheffield city centre on Oct 11 while a similar event took place in Cardiff.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)