No action over Pete Burns' monkey coat

Solait · February 1st, 2006, 01:27 PM

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No action over Burns' monkey coat

Singer Pete Burns will not be prosecuted over a monkey fur coat, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Experts had examined the coat after police seized it from the Celebrity Big Brother house when Burns claimed it was made from gorilla fur.

It was found to be monkey fur, but police checked whether any importation offences had been committed by Burns.

"There is no evidence to suggest that this garment was imported illegally," the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Burns' garment caused outrage from his fellow contestants in Channel 4's reality show and criticism from those outside.

Police seized the item following complaints from viewers.

It was examined by experts at the Natural History Museum, who concluded it was made from black and white colobus monkeys, which are native to Africa.

It has been illegal to import their fur since 1975 but it is not illegal to own it.

The CPS said in a statement that the coat was in a poor condition, and it was believed the pelts used to make it were likely to have been imported into the UK in the 1930s or 1940s.

A spokeswoman for Hertfordshire Police, which currently has the coat, said it would be returned to the singer shortly.

BBC News

Grimmlok · February 1st, 2006, 01:33 PM

cocainekate · February 1st, 2006, 06:19 PM

What about the monkey wearing the coat? "You Spin Me Round" - God bless him for that.

Voodoo Child · February 1st, 2006, 06:22 PM

^^I still love that song.

alcohol the honey · February 1st, 2006, 08:25 PM

Woah Pete looks like a woman now. He's still a guy?

SVZ · February 1st, 2006, 09:46 PM

yeah, just a lot of surgery

ourmaninBusan · February 1st, 2006, 09:50 PM

Was I the only one to read "Pete Doherty" in that headline?
'Cause I was expecting him to be in sh*t again.

lennonfan · February 1st, 2006, 10:03 PM

Boy, I remember him from the old days...I liked the first album a lot too...now he's Amanda Lepore!

Hair Net · February 2nd, 2006, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lennonfan

Boy, I remember him from the old days...I liked the first album a lot too...now he's Amanda Lepore!

Man oh man, that's one of the best pics i've seen of him in a looong time. I saw him in person a few years ago and even then he looked scary. Belive me when i say Petey looks like he has obviously wised up and hired a much more reputable surgen.

calendargurl · February 2nd, 2006, 02:20 AM

maaan. now that song is stuck in my head! i like when Adam Sandler sings it in The Wedding Singer