A member of the public complained after spotting the offending appendage which was displayed in his shop, Simply Dutch, near Bedale, North Yorkshire. The firm, which bills itself as "the most interesting store in the North", recently stocked a new range of garden furniture, including the £200 hand-carved sandstone phallus.
Following the complaint, police removed the ornament and fined Mr Hadlow for "displaying an item liable to cause harassment, alarm and distress".
Mr Hadlow must pay the fine by Friday to release it from Northallerton police station, or face possible court action. Mr Hadlow said: "It's true what they say, the world is a crazy place and I am sure the local constabulary has better things to do with their time."
A police spokesman said: "The owner is displaying a penis in the window to attract publicity. A member of the public complained to police about the statue. He is committing an offence under the Public Order Act 1986."
10 comments:
Better not let the police near a museum!
It's not the police you have to worry about - it's the prude who complained to them in the first place.
Well at least that shopowner has attracted publicity.
What I don't understand is that the police removes the object themselves- I would think that they would just demand from the owner to cover or remove the object from sight and that's all. But perhaps they really wanted to have that specific object in their office for some time...?
Lol. I like the second picture. I wonder if they meant to do that? The lady standing behind them looks fairly amused.
Knob-a-Bob week?
Ridiculous, really. This is prudishness at its best. Britannia, don't complain about the "chastisity" of your colonies.
Now, what if it had been a sex toy store? Do they have special rights?
Good thing they weren't around in ancient Rome.
monty python's friend "biggus dickus" ????
Or nowadays in Japan...
Prudes.
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