Don’t laugh: Drunk man mistakes female police officer for a stripper, gets arrested

A man was arrested after mistaking a female police officer for a stripper while in a pub with friends

 

A drunk man in County Durham after mistaking a female police officer for a strippers.

The man, Paul Harbord, reportedly did not believe his mistake until he was dragged to the police station to face the music.

He was said to have started dancing in front of her and whipped her with a bar towel, a court heard.

Harbord, 27, was then arrested and later given a 6 month conditional discharge.

Read the Daily Mail report below:

He was also told to pay £85 and a £15 victim surcharge at Peterlee Magistrates Court.

Harbord’s mistake echoes the plot of an episode of Only Fools and Horses, Dates, broadcast in 1988, in which Del Boy mistakes a female police officer for a stripper in the Nag’s Head pub.

Jaxon Taylor, mitigating, said: ‘The defendant and a large group of friends were celebrating together. Some were dressed in pyjamas, some in Christmas jumpers.

‘They consumed a quantity of alcohol throughout the day. A number of the party became rowdy.’

He added: ‘One of the defendant’s friends had suggested some entertainment had been booked for later.

‘When a lone female police officer attended he waved a beer towel from the bar in her face.

‘He honestly didn’t believe it was a police officer until he got to the police station. He was quite embarrassed by the whole situation.

‘His friends have had a good laugh at him but he realises how serious it is. It was an honest and genuine mistake.’

The situation mirrors this scene from the Only Fools and Horses 1988 Christmas special, Dates

The situation mirrors this scene from the Only Fools and Horses 1988 Christmas special, Dates

Harbord, a rigger, made his mishap as he drank with friends in the Black Bull, in Old Shotton, County Durham, on December 29.

Vicky Wilson, prosecuting, said: ‘He was part of a large group dressed up. At 9.30pm a female police officer arrived at the pub, following concerns that the group was rowdy.

‘Harbord shouted “look, here is one of the strippers” as he flicked a bar towel in the officers face.”
Chairman of the bench David Carr described it as an ‘unfortunate affair’.

Harbord was drinking with friends in the Black Bull, Old Shotton, County Durham, when he made the mistake

Harbord was drinking with friends in the Black Bull, Old Shotton, County Durham, when he made the mistake

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