England fan charged with trespass
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June 21, 2010, Monday
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AN England fan was scheduled to appear in court to answer a charge of trespassing after he allegedly entered the team's changing room following a 0-0 draw with Algeria.
South African police said the fan was arrested at 10:30am yesterday at his hotel near Cape Town.
"A 32-year-old man was arrested by the South African Police Service at the Bay Hotel in Camps Bay, Cape Town, on a charge of trespassing," police said in a statement.
Department of Justice prosecutors had "cooperated fully ... on this investigation and have assured us that the individual will appear in court to face the charge of trespassing some time today," police said.
The police statement did not confirm if the man is Pavlos Joseph, the south Londoner who told a British newspaper he was the intruder.
The Sunday Mirror printed an interview in which Pavlos said he was directed to the changing room after Friday's match at Cape Town's Green Point Stadium when he asked a security guard where he could find a toilet.
Pavlos, a 32-year-old mortgage adviser of Greek-Cypriot descent, reportedly walked unchallenged into the dressing room and immediately found himself in front of David Beckham.
Dressing room
"I thought, 'what the heck. I'm in the England dressing room. Why not say something?'" the paper quoted Pavlos as saying. "I looked David straight in the eye and said, 'David, we've spent a lot of money getting here. This is a disgrace. What are you going to do about it?'"
Pavlos said neither Beckham, who is injured and with the squad as a team ambassador, nor any of the players responded. The paper said he was then escorted from the room by a FIFA official.
FIFA has described the security breach as "totally unacceptable" and promised security at World Cup stadiums would be tightened.
Meanwhile, England players and management were to have a no-holds barred crisis meeting later in the day to put their campaign back on track, central defender John Terry said.
England, one of the pre-tournament favorites, needs to beat Slovenia in its final Group C match on Wednesday to be sure of a second-round place following an abject 0-0 draw with Algeria.
Terry said he expected a frank exchange of views even if players or manager Fabio Capello did not want to hear some of the opinions.
"The meeting tonight is to watch the whole game to see where we went wrong, which is probably the whole 93 minutes actually!" he told reporters yesterday. "As a group of players we owe it to ourselves and to the country back home."
South African police said the fan was arrested at 10:30am yesterday at his hotel near Cape Town.
"A 32-year-old man was arrested by the South African Police Service at the Bay Hotel in Camps Bay, Cape Town, on a charge of trespassing," police said in a statement.
Department of Justice prosecutors had "cooperated fully ... on this investigation and have assured us that the individual will appear in court to face the charge of trespassing some time today," police said.
The police statement did not confirm if the man is Pavlos Joseph, the south Londoner who told a British newspaper he was the intruder.
The Sunday Mirror printed an interview in which Pavlos said he was directed to the changing room after Friday's match at Cape Town's Green Point Stadium when he asked a security guard where he could find a toilet.
Pavlos, a 32-year-old mortgage adviser of Greek-Cypriot descent, reportedly walked unchallenged into the dressing room and immediately found himself in front of David Beckham.
Dressing room
"I thought, 'what the heck. I'm in the England dressing room. Why not say something?'" the paper quoted Pavlos as saying. "I looked David straight in the eye and said, 'David, we've spent a lot of money getting here. This is a disgrace. What are you going to do about it?'"
Pavlos said neither Beckham, who is injured and with the squad as a team ambassador, nor any of the players responded. The paper said he was then escorted from the room by a FIFA official.
FIFA has described the security breach as "totally unacceptable" and promised security at World Cup stadiums would be tightened.
Meanwhile, England players and management were to have a no-holds barred crisis meeting later in the day to put their campaign back on track, central defender John Terry said.
England, one of the pre-tournament favorites, needs to beat Slovenia in its final Group C match on Wednesday to be sure of a second-round place following an abject 0-0 draw with Algeria.
Terry said he expected a frank exchange of views even if players or manager Fabio Capello did not want to hear some of the opinions.
"The meeting tonight is to watch the whole game to see where we went wrong, which is probably the whole 93 minutes actually!" he told reporters yesterday. "As a group of players we owe it to ourselves and to the country back home."
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