Debs
02-02-2006, 18:42
http://bbimages.digitalspy.co.uk/cbb4/library/160x120_cbb4_pete01.jpgPete will not face prosecution over his ownership of a monkey fur coat, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.
The controversial coat was seized by police during Pete's time in the house after he claimed it was made from gorilla fur.
Subsequent tests revealed that it was actually made from black and white colobus monkeys from the 1930s or 1940s. It has only been illegal to import their fur since 1975 but it is not illegal to own it.
"The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that no prosecution should follow in relation to a Colobus Monkey fur coat taken into the Big Brother house by Pete Burns," said the CPS in a statement.
"There is no evidence to suggest that this garment was imported illegally and therefore that any offence has been committed.
"Mr Burns has not been interviewed by police in relation to this matter and this decision has been reported to Mr Burns' legal representativ
The controversial coat was seized by police during Pete's time in the house after he claimed it was made from gorilla fur.
Subsequent tests revealed that it was actually made from black and white colobus monkeys from the 1930s or 1940s. It has only been illegal to import their fur since 1975 but it is not illegal to own it.
"The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that no prosecution should follow in relation to a Colobus Monkey fur coat taken into the Big Brother house by Pete Burns," said the CPS in a statement.
"There is no evidence to suggest that this garment was imported illegally and therefore that any offence has been committed.
"Mr Burns has not been interviewed by police in relation to this matter and this decision has been reported to Mr Burns' legal representativ