Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Rip Van We Go Again on March 21, 2012, 11:07:49 AM
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birminghammail.net
A FOOTBALL fan who streaked across Villa Park for a £100 bet has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for two years.
Sam Gorman, 22, ran on to the pitch during a Premier League match with Manchester City in trainers, socks and “nothing else”, city magistrates were told.
But the February 12 streak proved costly.
He was placed on the Sex Offenders Register after admitting indecent exposure and going on to the playing area of a football ground.
Gorman, of Nottingdale Close, Droitwich, Worcester, was also sentenced to an 18- month community order and ordered to pay £145 costs.
After the hearing the shame-faced streaker revealed that it was not the first time he had shed his clothes during a sporting event.
Unemployed Gorman said: “I’ve also done it at a cricket match in Droitwich, when I jumped on the umpire’s back.
‘‘I’m actually a Baggies fan and this was the first time I had been to a football match. I went for the day out.
‘‘My mate wanted me to do the streak earlier, but I wanted to see a bit of the game.”
His friend Louis Robinson had placed the cheeky bet. He said: “It was the 75th minute and Shay Given was taking a goal kick.
‘‘I bet him £100 to do a streak. He was going to run up to Mario Balotelli and give him some stick but Balotelli was not playing.
‘‘He thought he would still do it anyway. The players looked absolutely disgusted.
‘‘He’s not had the £100 but he’s had a couple of good nights out on it!
‘He was like a celebrity down Broad Street.”
Jonathan Purser, prosecuting, said an officer at the match heard a cheer from the Doug Ellis Stand at 5.30pm and saw Gorman running on the pitch from the Holte End.
“You could clearly see his genitals,’’ said Mr Purser.
‘‘He was carrying a T-shirt and trousers in his hand.”
Mr Purser said when stewards went to intercept him, Gorman changed direction – but he was eventually detained and escorted off the pitch.
Mumtaz Mirza, defending, said “He thought of the money and not of the consequences of his actions.
‘‘He accepts it was a foolish act. It was complete stupidity and he is ashamed.
‘‘He has let his family down.”
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So he's a Boggy and has never been to a football match before going to Villa vs Man City...?
That figures. Twat.
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Placing him on the sex offenders' register seems a bit harsh for a joke that was at best foolish and at worst inappropriate. Strikes me as someone who needs to do some growing up. Even for a Tesco Bag
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So he's a Boggy and has never been to a football match before going to Villa vs Man City...?
That figures. Twat.
Twat indeed.
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I agree. Sex offenders register for that is ludicrous, but I bet the Daily Mail thinks it is too lenient.
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Placing him on the sex offenders' register seems a bit harsh for a joke that was at best foolish and at worst inappropriate. Strikes me as someone who needs to do some growing up. Even for a Tesco Bag
It does seem harsh, but he has got previous.
He seems a bit simple, so I doubt he'll learn his lesson.
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Does it for a £100 bet and gets fined £140, get him on our board.
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Unemployed Gorman said: “I’ve also done it at a cricket match in Droitwich, when I jumped on the umpire’s back.
Too much information !
Seriously though, being placed on the Sex Offenders Register is ridiculous. Its not a case of it being too harsh but a completely inappropriate response unless there are other matters involved in his case we do not know about.
I despair that magistates are so out of touch that they cannot see the difference between what is one of the most boring tiresome things that can happen at a sporting event, and some of the dangerous and odious things which are around which was the reason for the setting up of the Sex Offenders Register in the first place.
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Sounds like a complete twat but putting him on the sex offenders register is a bit harsh.
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Seems fair enough to me.
I'd place all Albion fans on the Sex Offenders register, dirty perverts
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On the sex offenders register for that is a bit steep.
What's next? Putting those strippergram people on the register every time they go to work?
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On second thoughts, the sex offenders register is too good for them. I'd force all Albion fans to walk around town in blue and white striped shirts to warn the public that they are potential molesters of children. Then I'd birch them and gas them like badgers
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Sounds like a complete twat but putting him on the sex offenders register is a bit harsh.
He has publically exposed himself in view of adults and more importantly children - so sad to say that he committed a sexual crime in the eyes of the law
And he does come across as being not the sharpest pencil in the box
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A bit harsh - If it were me I would appeal - but then again if it were me I wouldn't have done it in the first place
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On the sex offenders register for that is a bit steep.
What's next? Putting those strippergram people on the register every time they go to work?
A fine and/or community service, yes. However the putting him on the Sex Offenders Register doesn't seem right to me. It was hardly a sexual act.
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I know someone (Villa Fan) who ran on the pitch at St. Andrews in a Borat Mankini. He was also arrested, fined and placed on the Sex offenders Register.
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Exposure's a Schedule 3 offence under the 2003 Act. Inclusion on the Register was mandatory as a result of the sentence he received, not because the court thought he needed to be on it.
We live in risk averse times. If you feel the need to expose yourself in front of thousands, there's going to be some quite severe consequencies.
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Placing him on the sex offenders register is over the top.
Fine him and ban him but the sex offenders register?
Besides it was that cold that lets face it, it must have been that small that binoculars must have been needed!
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Mind you he did have a cock and half on him
Surely anyone with a little dick is never going to be a streaker
If i did people would think i had pink pants on :-[
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Mind you he did have a cock and half on him
That explains the harsh punishment then.
Clearly the magistrate was hung like a baby carrot.
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‘‘I’m actually a Baggies fan and this was the first time I had been to a football match.
What kind of a Baggies fan goes to Villa Park to watch their first football match?
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He is stupid but like others have said it's a bit harsh putting him on the sex offenders register.
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He's got off lightly – it could have been viewed as a hanging offence.
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sex offender ? ffs
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Can't believe it, all this time my brother's been an Albion fan.
Can't trust some people.
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It's a great shame that he didn't use his (allegedly huge) knobber to smash in the head of Alex McLeish. Then call it a draw.
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I agree. Sex offenders register for that is ludicrous, but I bet the Daily Mail thinks it is too lenient.
According to their version of events, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118221/Football-fan-streaked-Premier-League-match-100-bet-placed-sex-offenders-register.html his friend said ‘He’s not had the £100 but he’s had a couple of good nights out on it! He was like a celebrity down Broad Street.’
Torn between deciding whether in this instance the definition of celebrity is in the sense of bragging about being a guest on The Jeremy Kyle show or being a reality television contestant.
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Poor bastard.
He now has to live with the shame of being exposed in the newspapers as an Albion fan.
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Poor bastard.
He now has to live with the shame of being exposed in the newspapers as an Albion fan.
I was talking to my best mate about this who is a baggie. Having lured him in with agreement that the sex offender list was harsh etc I slipped in the following "Can you imagine the shame for him and his family. It will hang over them for years, could effect his job prospects and everything. Fancy admitting to being an Albion fan".
For some reason he didn't find it as amusing as I did. Especially when I added for good measure, "do you know him? I know there's not many of you lot so I assume you all know each other."
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"You could clearly see his genitals," said Mr Purser.
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How is this a sexual offence? Then again-who cares?
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How is this a sexual offence? Then again-who cares?
Go for a naked stroll down your local high street then, and then explain to the policeman that it wasn't a sexual offence.
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Surely him doing it before comes into play.
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I thought it was common knowledge that it was a short stint on the Sex offenders register?
Streaking is done to shock. Therefore, it's an aggressive act, plus it was carried out in front of children. Why a sporting event should be seen as any different to the High Street and "having a laugh" is another thing. Plus throw in the fact that these people feel the urge to expose themselves....
And if I recall correctly, I read something about a clampdown for the Olympics.
We can all write PhD's on English attitudes to female and male nudity and what constitutes "having a laugh" at another time.
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On second thoughts, the sex offenders register is too good for them. I'd force all Albion fans to walk around town in blue and white striped shirts to warn the public that they are potential molesters of children. Then I'd birch them and gas them like badgers
I'm amazed that they birch badgers. That's really cruel.
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I'm amazed that a Stephen Patrick fan would joke about such a thing. Hang your head in shame sir!
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I'm amazed that a Stephen Patrick fan would joke about such a thing. Hang your head in shame sir!
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
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I was hammered one evening and like the dickhead that I am streaked through New Street Station rite into 2 waiting police officers, I got an £80 fine but did'nt get put on no register....... Yes I know it was a pathetic thing to do and if I saw a person doing it I'd think they were a ****** too.
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Me and my mate were thrown out of Pontins, Morecambe, for streaking. In our defence it was in the early hours, and our girlfriends were barmaids, and at last orders gave us 12 pints for about tuppence and about fifteen quid change.