Richard Ashcroft Arrested At Youth Club
Yahoo! Music, Jun 21, 2006 2:00 pm PDTRichard Ashcroft was arrested this week after apparently bursting into a youth club and drunkenly demanding he be allowed to work with the children.
The former Verve star is reported to have been "close to tears" and in a dishevelled state when he entered The Bridge club in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England on Monday evening.
Ashcroft is reported to have offered his services to the children, before swearing and refusing to leave, prompting staff to call the police.
He was taken into custody by local officers and given an £80 fixed penalty fine for disorderly behavior, reports London-based paper The Sun.
An "eyewitness" told the U.K. tabloid: "He was very strung out and close to tears at one point. He kept saying he wanted to work with kids, that he wanted to do 'good things.' He wasn't aggressive, in fact he was quite charming and friendly. He kept hugging some staff and kids. But when the police arrived he was almost begging to be arrested. They told him to go quietly but he wouldn't."
The Bridge Club is understood to be close to the home of the family of Ashcroft's wife, former Spiritualized band member Kate Radley.
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