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| Arrest warrant issued for Eubank | Arrest warrant issued for Eubank |
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| A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of ex-boxer Chris Eubank after he failed to turn up to court over an unlawful protest in Whitehall. | A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of ex-boxer Chris Eubank after he failed to turn up to court over an unlawful protest in Whitehall. |
| Eubank was charged after he tried to park his seven-tonne truck outside the gates to Downing Street in May in protest at UK policy in Iraq. | Eubank was charged after he tried to park his seven-tonne truck outside the gates to Downing Street in May in protest at UK policy in Iraq. |
| Eubank, 41, from Hove, East Sussex, was due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday. | Eubank, 41, from Hove, East Sussex, was due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday. |
| District Judge Mike Snow fined Eubank £500 in his absence. | |
| The former world champion was also ordered to pay £380 costs. He has 14 days to pay. | The former world champion was also ordered to pay £380 costs. He has 14 days to pay. |
| Eubank overseas | Eubank overseas |
| Eubank was charged under the Serious and Organised Crime Act, relating to the staging of a unlawful demonstration in a designated area. | Eubank was charged under the Serious and Organised Crime Act, relating to the staging of a unlawful demonstration in a designated area. |
| During the incident he drove his truck emblazoned with a message calling on Gordon Brown to withdraw troops from Iraq. | |
| It read: "Mr Brown, you know that the policy in Iraq cannot succeed. Democracy cannot be exported with a gun. You can be the great leader and the great peace maker." | |
| A smaller sign read: "This is not a protest." | |
| Mel Goldberg, Mr Eubank's agent, said on Friday his client was overseas and would not be back for a few days. | Mel Goldberg, Mr Eubank's agent, said on Friday his client was overseas and would not be back for a few days. |
| He said: "He will come back and face the music." | He said: "He will come back and face the music." |