‘Provocateur’ wins appeal

A MAN who was convicted of breaching the peace by wearing women’s underwear in his home in full view of neighbours has been cleared after high court judges ruled he did not commit a crime.

David Wotherspoon, 41, was seen wearing a bra at his flat window in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, and in the hallway with the front door open.

Residents complained and Mr Wotherspoon was convicted of breach of the peace at Glasgow Sheriff Court in August last year.

He launched a failed challenge to his conviction but after taking his case to the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh it has now been overturned. Law lords agreed the behaviour was “provocative” but was not criminal.