SA man held for trampling flag
2005-01-09 21:57
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Buenos Aires - A South African, a Briton and an Australian remained in an
Argentine jail on Friday for rubbishing a national flag put up outside
the bar of an Argentine veteran from the Falklands war, media
reports said.
David Fleming, 20, Benjamin Sargent, 28 and 28-year-old South African Darren Redden were held for desecrating the national flag and could face a four
year prison term if found guilty by a court.
The tourists were said to have been drunk when they dragged the
flag along the ground and threw it in a waste bin, in Ushuaia, the
most southerly city in Argentina.
The three men had been drinking in a wine bar owned by Pablo Vina,
who fought in the 1982 war when Briton ejected an Argentine force
that invaded the remote South Atlantic islands.
The three arrived in the bar on Thursday night and had been
drinking heavily, other clients told journalists.
They saw the flag hanging outside, opened a window to tear it
down and then left and trampled it outside before throwing it in a
bin. Other tourists called police who arrested the trio.
Investigating judge Maria Cristina Barrionuevo is to
decide what action to take against the three, who were being held
in a police jail in the city.
