TV prankster gropes Beckham
 David Beckham has been publicly manhandled by an adventurous Italian
TV prankster. Armed with a camera crew, Elena Di Cioccio sneaked up on
the England star while he was chatting to reporters outside a Milan
restaurant and pounced. Beckham looked shocked and was swiftly whisked
away by his security team.
But worse was to follow for the 34-year-old, who was soon left with a
bruised ego. Di Cioccio - who had donned rubber gloves for her impromptu
test - revealed her disappointment that Becks’ manhood failed to match
up to his famous Emporio Armani underwear advert. “David, you have
conned us all,” she said. “What did you use, cotton wool? It’s all a
trick.”
A spokesman for Beckham later said he saw the funny side of the
public attack, which was filmed for Di Cioccio’s popular show Le Lene
(The Hyenas). But the spokesman hit back at her claims the star had
failed to measure up, insisting the presenter had only managed to grab
his trouser leg.
Speed camera fines driver of parked car
A man from Nottingham has been caught “driving” at 0mph by a speed
camera - not once but twice. Jeff Buck, 55, has received two fines in
the post and letters of intended prosection for the offences. His parked
car had been snapped by a speed camera on his street, apparently as
other cars sped past. The latest incident occured on December 13, 2009.
 Nottinghamshire Police claimed he was snapped while driving his
Vauxhall Zafira at 37mph in a 30mph zone. When Mr Buck demanded to see
the photographs, police dropped the case. The problem for Mr Buck is the
camera is situated outside his home where his car is parked. When
speeding drivers are caught by the camera, his car is snapped too and he
gets sent the fine by mistake.
Mr Buck said: “The photographs must presumably show two vehicles,
with mine parked halfway on the pavement and road. “It’s amazing that
whatever system is in place cannot tell the difference between a car
that is motionless and one travelling at 37mph. “I am amused by it, but
also angry that I have to go to the trouble of contacting the police.
“My only option is to park the car on the road as I don’t have a
garage or driveway.” Police have since apologised for the mix-up. In a
statement they said: “The software used to read number plates has
captured his car’s number plate in the image. “On both occasions the
offending vehicle number plates were similar to those of Mr Buck’s
vehicle registration number. “We will examine the processes and see if
improvements can be made to minimise the chance of this happening again
in the future.” |
