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El Abd In Drunk & Disorderly Charge



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Albion star fined after a drunken row in nightclub
by Phil Mills

Brighton and Hove Albion defender Adam El-Abd was thrown out of a seafront nightclub and fined for being drunk and disorderly.

The incident followed a row with a group of men in the Honey Club, Kings Road Arches, Brighton, early Good Friday morning.

The 20-year-old had permission from his club to be out and was with other players commiserating with Adam Hinshelwood who suffered a ruptured cruciate knee ligament in after a match against Reading.

The nightclub row was allegedly over a girl, who was not El-Abd's girlfriend, and doormen ejected those involved.

An argument continued outside before two seafront patrol police officers arrived and tried to calm down the situation.

El-Abd was arrested and taken to a custody centre in Hollingbury, Brighton.

Later, he agreed to pay an £80 fixed penalty and was then freed.

Sussex Police said: "We can confirm a 20-year-old man was arrested outside the Honey Club and taken into custody.

"He paid an £80 fixed penalty for being drunk and disorderly."

A fixed penalty is similar to a caution and will not give the recipient a criminal record.

El-Abd, a former student of Longhill High School in Rottingdean, Brighton, and once an Albion youth player, declined to comment on the incident.

He has been in the first team squad for most of the season and has played ten games, several as a substitute.

He is currently a regular with the reserves.

He could face a club fine but a spokesman for the Albion said they were not aware El-Abd was involved in the incident.

The spokesman said: "If we are presented with the facts then we will review the situation."

On-the-spot fines are part of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 and are designed to tackle offences ranging from minor disturbances to antisocial behaviour.

Their purpose was to reduce court delays and costs, to allow officers to return to front-line operational duties as quickly as possible and to deter crime.
 





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