Busker in court

A classical guitarist caught busking with loud speaker in Leicester Square was been given a conditional discharge. Michael Baur, 54, said he did not realise it was illegal to set up his amplifier outside Burger King. ‘Previous to that evening I had only played along the South Bank and had come to know the regulations and had complied with them,’ Bauer said. ‘I had heard from some other musicians that in Leicester Square playing was permitted until midnight. ‘I witnessed…