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English Rioter Jailed For One Lick of Stolen Ice Cream
Updated: Thursday, 25 Aug 2011, 7:49 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 25 Aug 2011, 7:49 AM EDT
By NewsCore
MANCHESTER, England - A man who stole a coffee-flavored ice cream during England's riots and gave it away after just one lick has been locked up for 16 months.
Anderson Fernandes, 21, walked into Manchester's Patisserie Valerie during outbreaks of violence and disorder in the northern English city earlier in August and helped himself to two scoops of the ice cream, the Manchester Evening News reported Thursday.
After taking one lick he decided he did not like the coffee flavor and gave it to a passing woman. His DNA was found at the scene and he was hauled before a judge at Manchester Crown Court.
Michael McQuillan, defending, said, "It's not the facts of the offense he committed, it's the fact he's committed it in circumstances where there's public disorder."
The court heard that Fernandes, who admitted burglary in relation to the ice cream at an earlier hearing, had already appeared in court charged with possessing drugs and an offensive weapon on the same day he took part in the riots.
McQuillan added, "He is remorseful and fully accepts how serious the matter was and why courts take such a serious view of this type of behavior."
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