Briton caught in the fact that he stole the fish, which brought him victory in the competition for sports fishing in the aquarium, which is located near the site of the competition. He was found guilty of fraud and theft of fish.
According to The Daily Telegraph, competition anglers in the summer, but the court understood the details of the incident only after six months.
According to the case file, Matthew Clark stole the fish from the aquarium on the eve of the match. When it's time to weigh the catch they provide to the jury was the heaviest fish - perch weighed about six pounds, while rival fish - about 4.5 kilograms. After the competition was going to Clark attributed the fish back into the tank, but panicked and sold it to the fishmonger.
The judges gave the victory to Clark, but the honesty of the fisherman questioned his closest pursuer Shane Bentley. According to him, he learned to perch Clark inhabitants of the aquarium, where he regularly goes to his wife and children. Bentley said that the fish are characterized by marked spots on the head, which is why it seemed to him suspicious.
Bentley reported his hunch fishing club members who took part in the competition, but his arguments are not taken into account. Then he went to the aquarium and found that the one perch really gone. Bentley notified the organizing committee of the competition, and he, in turn, contacted the local police.
Soon, Clark was detained, his case went to trial. Following the meeting, he was sentenced to one hundred hours of community service.
Recall that in May of last year in England there were a national championship by catching cephalopods. Its members are not to cheat, but because of the windy weather to catch was ridiculous - the winner was the only contestant who caught shellfish, and its prey was a tiny baby squid size. It is worth noting that a year before the same unsuccessful races catcher also won by presenting the jury squid size of 61 cm
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