Mark Robert in Wimbledon

ASBO! Case Dismissed! 8th August 2007
"Serial streaker escapes Asbo"
Mark has avoided an Anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) which would have banned him from exposing himself at public events.
Merseyside Police applied for the Asbo against the 42-year-old after he struck at the Open Golf Championship in Hoylake, Wirral, last year.
But his behaviour was not judged distressing enough to warrant an Asbo.
Toy squirrel
District Judge Nick Sanders was told that as Tiger Woods was due to tee off at the Open Golf Championship last year Mr Roberts ran around the green with just a toy squirrel covering his genitals and a golf ball between his buttocks.
Jim Clarke, for the police, said: "It is not the aim of the police to land Mr Roberts in jail, it is to prevent public and sporting events from being disrupted."
Laurence Lee, defending, said apart from last September's Ryder Cup in Ireland, Mr Roberts had not offended for 12 months.
He said: "My client has turned over a new fig leaf."
"He accepts that some people might be offended. But this is good, old fashioned British fun."
Dismissing the application at Wirral magistrates' court, Judge Sanders said: "What Mr Roberts does may be annoying but, in my opinion, it does not amount to anti-social behaviour."
Afterwards Mr Roberts, who is unmarried and unemployed, described the decision as a victory for the British sense of humour.
He said: "Humour and justice has prevailed over political correctness. My motivation has only ever been to entertain people.
"Never once have I been booed. The day I get booed by the public is the day I stop."