THE BRITISH INQUISITION

A pub landlord who had put up a joke sign, referring his car park as ‘The Porking Yard’, has had an ASBO (anti-social behaviour order) slapped on him. This followed a visit from the police.

Leroy Trought, from St Judes in Bristol, thought the name was appropriate as it reflected the area’s connection to the butcher’s trade.

But the presence of a mosque nearby led to complaints. Muslims do not eat pork.

The police claim that the complainants included schoolteachers, community leaders, and Somalis.

A spokesman for Bristol City Council said: ‘The ASBO was sought after we received a number of complaints from the community who found the sign to be racially and sexually offensive’.

Quite how the complainants, or the police and council officials, could interpret a picture of a pig to be sexually offensive is unknown.