STAR BROKE RULES
Perv cousin of Queen denied bail ahead of appeal
AN £8000 giveaway contest run by Molly-Mae Hague broke promotion rules, watchdogs ruled.
The Advertising Standards Authority said a prize draw for luxury goods run by the 2019 Love Island star was not administered fairly in accordance with the laws of chance. A total of 100 entrants were chosen then a winner was selected by computer.
But the watchdog said it had not seen evidence the initial selection was random.
A COUSIN of the Queen who was jailed last month for a sex attack on a guest at his castle has been kept in jail as he appeals his sentence.
Simon Bowes-Lyon, 34, is serving 10 months for pushing his way into a 26-year-old woman’s room during a promotional weekend he was hosting at Glamis Castle, Angus, in February last year.
He pled guilty to a sexual assault charge before Sheriff Alastair
Carmichael at Dundee Sheriff Court earlier this year and was jailed last week.
Lawyers acting for the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne yesterday failed in a bid to secure bail for him following a short virtual hearing.
John Scott QC appeared on Bowes-Lyon’s behalf.
Sources close to Bowes-Lyon, a great, great nephew of the late Queen
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, say he is planning to appeal his sentence later this year.
During the earlier court case, Sheriff Carmichael told Bowes-Lyon – who is the Queen’s first cousin twice removed – that his victim still suffered nightmares as a result of the assault.
Placing him on the sex offenders register for 10 years, he added: “This has also had an impact on her emotional wellbeing.”