Man arrested for pretending to be a ghost & making ‘whoooh’ noises in cemetery

A 24 year old unemployed man has been fined after he flapped his arms about in a cemetery, scaring people and making
ghost noises within earshot of mourners

visiting graves . Anthony Stallard was reported to police
after he was seen throwing himself backwards and saying ‘wooooooh’ at
Kingston Cemetery in his home town of
Portsmouth.He was charged for using
abusive words or behaviour to cause distress.
Tim Concannon, prosecuting, told
Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court:
      
         ‘While the football was going        on, thisdefendant was effectively singing loudly and being disrespectful in among the graves.He was throwing himself backwards, waving his arms
about and going ‘woooooooh’.He
was pretending to be a ghost.’

He admitted the charge, and accepted that his behaviour could cause distress to grieving relatives.