Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour’s son - Charlie arrested
December 13th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pink Floyd’s son – David Gilmour was arrested after he took part in a student protest. The protests were held in London, in which the participants were protesting against the recent student tuition fee hike. The government’s decision to increase the student fee has come in for a lot of criticism and the recent protest was an example of that.
According to reports, David Gilmour’s son – Charlie was arrested on suspicion of ‘disorderly conduct and attempted criminal damage’. Another astonishing charge that was slapped on him, was ‘suspicion of theft’.
Later the Metropolitan Police released a statement which said that, “He was arrested by officers from Operation Malone on suspicion of violent disorder and attempted criminal damage of the Union flag on the Cenotaph on December 9. He was taken to a Sussex police station where he has been further arrested on suspicion of theft.”
Reportedly Charlie was not the first person to be arrested because of the protests, in fact more than 30 people have also been arrested after they took part in the protests. Later Charlie Gilmour issued a public apology for his behavior. He insisted that he had no intention to cause any sort of disrespect to the Cenotaph.
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