Oh, don’t stop the carnival! Ban for cop battling reveller

A handcuffed Notting Hill carnival-goer who tried to stop officers arresting his shirtless friend has been banned from the event for two years. Carlisle Simon, 23, also bit a police officer near Ladbroke Grove Tube station on August 29. Simon attacked officers after they arrested his friend for throwing objects at police, Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court heard. Denise Johnson, prosecuting, said: ‘This incident arose as a result of police trying to clear the road. ‘It was about 9:40 in the evening,…