A student at Balliol College was arrested and detained in custody for a night after he verbally abused a police horse early on Monday morning.
Brown and his friends, including former Balliol JCR President Daniel Konrad-Cooper had emerged from the Cellar Bar and were surprised to encounter two mounted policemen.
Two mounted policemen were passing the group when Brown is alleged to have called out: ?Mate, you know your horse is gay, I hope you don?t have a problem with that.? The officers appeared to take offence at the comment and warned Brown not to repeat it.
According to eyewitnesses, Brown then reassured the first officer it was not his horse he was insulting, remarking: ?No, don?t worry. Your horse is fine, it?s his horse, his horse is gay.? The policemen again cautioned Brown that his language was inappropriate before walking on. However, Brown then began to follow the pair down the street, despite attempts by his friends to restrain him.
He called out: ?The horse is gay, man, what?s the problem?? ?Sam was adamant his equine gaydar was accurate,? eyewitness Daniel Cooper told The Oxford Student. The officers deemed Brown?s comments to be a breach of the public order act and decided to arrest him. ?It was a massive sense of humour failure on the part of the policemen. They radioed for backup and then proceeded to pursue him at a trot,? recalled Cooper.
The arrest was made at 2.20am on Monday morning, and Brown was in a state which he described as ?pissed out of my head?.
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