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Mark Mayhew · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2897

Is Chris Tarrant on the way down.

Toggy tea slurper · Guest

Hmm, all very odd. It might be an OTT reaction from the person who made the complaint but then again there may be something in it.
It does seem odd though that he waited for Tarrant the leave the restraunt before he called the police Confused

Have to say Tarrant didn't seem bothered, when asked if he regretted the incident he said no Confused

gfloyd · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject:

What was Tarrant doing in a curry house in Nottingham? He is definitely on the way down if he's hanging out there. Laughing

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His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west.....

Ian Robinson · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

I think there's a big TV studio in Nottingham, so he could be doing something there. Or he may just like the curry house!

It is an odd story - the restaurant workers say nowt happened, but they seem to have had a lot of good publicity out of it!

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He had been filming nearby apparently.

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

TV presenter Chris Tarrant is said to be "bemused" following his arrest in Nottingham for an alleged assault.

The Who Wants to be a Millionaire? host was arrested after allegedly injuring a fellow diner with a piece of cutlery at a curry house in the city.

According to his spokesman, Tarrant had jokingly dropped cutlery onto the table of a couple with whom he had chatted.

"There was no physical contact, no unpleasantness and no hostility," said the former Tiswas host's publicist.

"It was just part of the ongoing banter between the two tables."

Flak jackets

He said Tarrant had had two pints of beer over the course of the day and had shared a bottle of red wine at the restaurant with a colleague.

"Ten minutes later, Chris said he was aware of raised voices. He sees the bloke leaving the restaurant and assumed he had a row with his girlfriend," his representative continued.

"Chris goes back to the Plaza Hotel directly opposite. Half an hour later four flak-jacketed police officers turn up and arrest him on suspicion of assault."

Speaking later Tarrant referred to the "mythical alleged assault" and dismissed it as "just utter nonsense. There was no aggro, there was no temper, there was no problem".

'Shocked and stunned'

But he admitted that he did jokingly "lob" some cutlery onto the couple's table after asking them to leave him alone to discuss work with his colleagues.

He told BBC News: "I've no idea what his motives were - it genuinely makes no sense.

"I got back from the station at 1am and to this minute I am completely bemused by what happened."

The presenter, who had spent three days filming a show for disabled children in the city, was bailed to appear in June.

Tarrant has rarely been out of the headlines since the collapse of his marriage last year.

He and his wife Ingrid separated after a series of stories appeared in the media accusing the presenter of an affair. The couple divorced in February.

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I am going to drop a jam jar in front of someone in Asda this weekend, Will I get arrested Laughing

Stop reading things into something which is nothing, no he's not going on a downward spiral. He does like a drink, but don't everyone?

Toggy tea slurper · Guest

Does sound a bit like the police were heavy handed, I mean flak jackets, the guy is nearly a pensioner! Laughing

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Toggy tea slurper · Guest

Ask Lesley Laughing

All he's got to do now is fall down drunk in the street or vomit in some woman's handbag and he'll be straight in there Laughing

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

TV presenter Chris Tarrant has been officially cautioned by police for common assault following an incident at a curry house.

He was arrested over accusations he threw cutlery at a fellow diner at a Nottingham restaurant.

At the time Mr Tarrant said he was "bemused" by the incident, which resulted in four officers taking him from his hotel room.

He has accepted the caution and the case against him has now been closed.

'Over-inflated affair'

At the time Tarrant admitted "lobbing" a piece of cutlery at a couple after he had tried to end a conversation with them.

Following his caution, he said: "I am very pleased that the police have handled the matter so efficiently, recognising that there was never any malice on my part, just a bit of amiable horseplay.

"I am glad that no charge has been brought against me and I can now put this over-inflated affair behind me."

Nottinghamshire police confirmed a 60-year-old man had been cautioned for common assault following an incident at the MemSaab restaurant in Maid Marian Way.

BBC Online