Posted on 10/05/2006 4:17:21 PM PDT by Shermy
A MAN who stuffed a bacon roll in the mouth of a garage manager before punching him has escaped a jail sentence.
Andre Cartwright, 36, had drunk 1.5 litres of vodka and a litre of Jack Daniels whiskey the night before he shoved the sandwich into the mouth of Peter Dodd, a court was told.
Redhill magistrates heard on Thursday last week that Cartwright carried out the unexpected attack on Mr Dodd after entering Tadworth Tyres,in Shelvers Hill, on August 19 and asking for the manager.
Leila Kessler, prosecuting, said that just beforehand Cartwright had bought the bacon roll from Munchies cafe on the same road.
Miss Kessler told the court Mr Dodd, the garage manager, was confronted by Cartwright in his office.
She said: "Mr Dodd asked him to leave, but the man started shouting and swearing at him. So he took him by the arm and again asked to him to leave, as he was concerned about customers and staff.
"The man then pushed a bacon roll in his mouth. Cartwright then punched him in the cheek with his fist and Mr Dodd fell into some tyres which were stacked up."
Mr Dodd was left with a split lip as a result, but he managed to hit Cartwright back before he left.
Richard Barnett, defending, said that Cartwright had made full admissions to the police and had not tried to justify his actions.
He said: "His only explanation is that he had drunk far too much.
"Looking at his previous convictions you will see a series of offences, because he had a problem with drugs and alcohol. That has been halted, but there are occasional lapses and this was one of them."
Mr Barnett said Cartwright, of Penrose Drive, Epsom, had since managed to turn his life around and that he was making good progress.
Magistrates said the incident was an unprovoked attack and ordered Cartwright to complete 180 hours' unpaid work in the community and forced him to pay £100 compensation to Mr Dodd.
With the nanny state attitude on Junk food, the drunk is lucky he wasn't charged with assault with a deadly weapon. :)
Isn't that special.
Who needs a bacon roll? His breath alone was a deadly weapon.
And there's other photos of those British bacon rolls, all of which indicate that the man's cheeks were well padded when he got hit.
Bacon Roll Attack -- wasn't that some hardcore metal band?
BTW, did you watch the new SP last night?
Missed it, unfortunately. And for no damn good reason, either.
Let us suppose that the vic in this case were a Muslim. An infidel pepetrator, armed with a pork product, could cause mental anguish. It would be a Hate Crime.
What next, infidel crusaders? Dropping Bacon Butties on suspected al-qaida strongholds? Forcing young Muslim athletes to toss around the old pigskin? The sooner you submit to the Will of Allah, the sooner you will enjoy pork-free peace.
{muffled snickering...}
Could be a handy trick for Baghdad.
Yep, it sure could. Emphasis on the "bacon" part.
I'd have to learn how to drink one liter of vodka and 1.5 liters of Jack Daniels successively first.
I'd better get practicing...
I was picturing a fruit roll-up, but made of bacon.
Hey...that sounds like it would be GOOD!
"Cartwright! Cartwright!!"
"Excuse me, did a girl call for me""
"Yes, I yell 'Cartwright,' you no answer, I tell her you no here, she say cuss word and hang up."
Evening, Allegra. Hope you're well and all's quiet in Baghdad.
My first question was...how was he still ALIVE? Day-um!
It's a quiet, peaceful sunny morning so far. Coming up on 9 a.m.
The standard Friday driving curfew is in effect until 3 p.m. Of course, that hasn't stopped them before.
It's great to hear that all's quiet as of now. It's going on 11:00pm here in Northern CA. My son hasn't sent any further word since his email of this past Tuesday. I pray he's alright.
::Repogirl throwing head back, drooling, in a perfect imitation of her idol, Homer J. Simpson::
"Mmmmm...rolled bacon ..."
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