A STONE MASON ACCUSED OF POURING ACID OVER THE MAR

A STONE MASON ACCUSED OF POURING ACID OVER THE MARBLE FLOOR

OF A POSH GENTLEMENS CLUB, CAUSING #8,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE, WAS

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FROM BOW STREET COURT.

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TERENCE O’ROURKE – ALIAS PETER O’ROURKE – WAS BROUGHT IN

UNDER CONTRACT TO CLEAN THE MARBLED FLOOR AND STEPS AT THE NAVAL CLUB

IN HILL STREET, MAYFAIR, WEST LONDON.

BUT HE ALLEGEDLY POURED HYDROCHLORIC ACID OVER 35 MARBLE

SLABS AT THE CLUB, CAUSING EXTENSIVE AND COSTLY DAMAGE.

CANADIAN BORN O’ROURKE, 50, OF PEMBRIDGE SQUARE, NOTTING

HILL, WAS COMMITTED ON A CHARGE OF CAUSING CRIMINAL DAMAGE AT THE

CLUB ON JULY 29.

THE TRIAL DATE AT SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT HAS YET TO BE FIXED.

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