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Former world champion boxer Chris Eubank has been arrested for an alleged breach of the peace while demonstrating in his truck in Whitehall. | Former world champion boxer Chris Eubank has been arrested for an alleged breach of the peace while demonstrating in his truck in Whitehall. |
He had been driving his truck bearing a banner stating: "Blair, don't send our young prince to your catastrophic illegal war to make it look plausible." | |
Mr Eubank, 40, of Upper Drive, Hove, East Sussex, was taken to Charing Cross Police Station for questioning. | |
In 2003, he was arrested for a one-man protest over Iraq in Downing Street. | |
The BBC's Dominic Casciani, who witnessed Thursday's incident, said: "Chris Eubank was driving his truck up and down Whitehall blowing his horn when he was stopped by police officers. | |
Former boxer Chris Eubank has always been a snappy dresser | |
"An argument followed and Eubank was arrested." | "An argument followed and Eubank was arrested." |
Mr Eubank is a familiar figure in his home town of Hove, and can often be seen driving around in a large black truck with his name emblazoned on the side. | |
He was one of the world's top boxers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and is renowned for always being immaculately dressed. | |
In September 2005, he was found guilty of illegally driving off in a beer lorry without the owner's consent in Brighton. | |
The court cleared him of the more serious offence of aggravated vehicle taking and he was given an absolute discharge, but ordered to pay £450 in costs and £90 for outstanding penalty fines. |