Alan Taylor's Diary

Sunday HeraldJune 11, 2007

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Cops out to break pineapple ring as protesters tool up with exotic fruit

SHOCKINGLY, former cop Tracey Ormsby, 36, has been universally ridiculed for suing her former employer, Strathclyde Police, for a piddling GBP1.5 million because she was struck by a pineapple while policing a demo. Ms Ormsby says she was obliged to "stand and smile" while she and colleagues were pelted with eggs, fruit and potatoes.

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Alan Taylor's Diary

Consequently, she says she has suffered serious psychological injuries, posttraumatic stress, anxiety and panic disorder with agoraphobia. She is also, apparently, now "phobic" about the police.

Several thoughts spring to mind, chief of which is the discerningly healthy quality of the objects now hurled by protesters. Who says Glaswegians are addicted to deepfried...

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