Teen condemned for war memorial outrage

A drunken teenager was condemned by a district judge today for apparently urinating on a war memorial.

Brian Measor was seen by police standing over the cenotaph in Hartlepool town centre unfastening his belt and trousers.

Hartlepool Magistrates' Court heard that no one actually saw the 19-year-old urinate on the memorial in Victoria Road.

However, witnesses did see the defendant's friends try to pull up his trousers to stop him falling over after police had handcuffed him.

Measor had spent the evening of November 28 drinking in the town centre and later told police he had drunk five pints of lager, the court heard.

It was at 12.20am as a drunken Measor attempted to find a taxi to take him home that he claimed he felt unwell and unbuttoned his trousers to make himself feel better.