Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 5

1 -T-y -riniii -c ff-tiiin IF 1-1 tiiLL i-rti 1-iilVi 1 j'l I --'i -'i 111 1 -1-1 j-rrW IVBNINO STANDARD FRIDAY OCTOBER IT ft wd ion cnar Vi the absence of locks) on any doors which enabled police to burst Into the lavatories 'which -were kept under constant tv ter By KENNETH TEW ACTOR Peter i Wyngarde the 47-year-old star at Jason King series was fined £75 at Gloucester today for gross Indecency He had been caught bv police officers committing the offence witti a crane driver in the bus station toilets But tils solicitor Mr Lawrence Keen the actor was not a homosexual and it was an act in a moment of mental aberration when he had had more to drink than was 1 good for him and it was something of which he was very bitterly ashamed" Wyngarde summoned under his real name of Cyril Louis Goldbert gave his address as No 1 Earls Terrace Kensington He pleaded guilty Inspector BUI Kingsoott prosecuting said two constables entered the bus station toilets on September 8 and were able to see under the doors PETER WYNGARDE bitterly ing Whalley but declined to make 'a "written statement MfKeen tor Goldbert said the Gloucester bus st tion toilets were notorious for the number of offences of this kind committed there He did not know the pre-- else number of oases which had been before the magistrates but on one occasion he had heard a police officer say in court that he had arrested between 15 and 20 men He handed two photographs to the magistrates Referring to one Mr Keen said: You will see that the site does constitute a very considerable trap Possibly to no lesser an extent than the sort of trap set to catch a poacher You will see the bait and in my submission that is a very positive encouragement for this type of Mr Keen said the trap was in K1 IS I MMMItIHIMMMMII SMMtlMMSMM Re added This may produce an impressive crime tton record for the City of Gloucester but it may be better for the owners of these lavatories the bus company to take effective steps to remedy the situation "These lavatories are a notorious haunt for homosexuals The defendant is not a homosexual nor is he 1 familiar with the City of Too much wine On the evening Goldbert had been In Gloucester to buy a curtain rail He had earlier celebrated the success of a charity fete and consumed more wins than was good for him He had entered the lavatories noticed a hole in the partition and had at first tried -to cover it with toilet paper Mr Keen did not wish to comment on the facts because1 they are substantially admitted But this was something which ooourred on the spur of -the moment Mv client did not go in there for this purpose" Announcing a fine of £75 court chairman Mr Frank Morris said: are concerned at the state Of these lavatories We very much hope that they will be repaired as quickly as possible" Inspector Kingscott mid it was hoped to have metal partitions between the cubicles installed as soon as possible rt i Double-breasted trcndicoat inpurewooL Camel green brown black and red sizes 10-16 £5300 at Petet Robinson If 1 1 KJ- i 1 PRE-WEDDING GROUP Maurice Gibb bride-to-be Tvonne Spenceley and members of her family at his Haywards Heath home At right are his in-laws Mr and Mrs Ron Spenceley At left brother Mick and his fiancee Pat Hirst and brother llerby Spenceley Notorious I icy a time the feet of the occupants of -two1 adjacent cubicles were facing towards the central partition They opened both doors simultaneously and found Gcld-bert in one cubicle and a Richard Whalley 24 a £30-a-week crane driver of Park Street Gloucester fax the other There Was a bote in the partition They saw that for quite some -Whalley had appeared before court on October 7 and been fined £50 Goldbert said the' Inspector admitted that he was masturbat Jr 1 Single-breasted coat In check Woolmark tweed Aubergine brown and blue: sizes 10-16 695 Oooo O' a Bee Gee Maurice a quiet and opts for wedding separate careers going on under the same -says Maurice found that it was verv difficult for two show business people to be married because we were always apart through work With Yvonne I can feel much more related and we've hardly been away from each other since we met I'd miss her terribly if we were separated for even a few Maurice first met Yvonne when the Bee Gees were sing- Uy JAMES JOHNSON POP SINGER Maarice Gibb of the Bee Gees has discovered a new homely kind of life since he met former night club waitress Yvonne Spenceley the girl he marries today Maurice feels -that with Yvonne he can escape the show business pressures which he blamed for wrecking his previous marriage to singer Lulu The couple's quiet ceremony today was in Haywards Heath neai the 16tli century rd house where they have live together for the last 18 months waiting for Maurice's divorce to be finalised marriage to Lulu was ruined because there were two ruby and diamond engagement ringfc My mother wasn't too happy when she heard 1 was going off to live with a pop singer said Yvonne "But she changed her mind when she met him "We've always wanted to ret ilble married but it's been impossi until now" said Maurice together for the last 18 months has been a great way of getting to know each Yvonne's parents have now not only given the couple their blessing but moved south to live with them in Maurice's house In April the whole family will move to Douglas in the Isle of Man where Maurice intends to spend a vear as a tax exile are looking forward to having some children soon" says Yvonne says wife was hit and I don't remember any more until I came to lying on th spltfie 11 Cross-examined by Mr Michael Pearce' prosecuting Mrs Eliott said she and her husband were earlier that evening at the Ged-ling Colliery Social club The Sheriff drank some beer but not to excess Drinks were buoglit for hipi by friends1 but she gave them away to other gave them away tieople because she did not like li her husband to drink too much Woman spat at Sheriff fng In a night club at Batley Yvonne was work- Yorkshire ing there as a waitress and was introduced to Maurice by the club manager From that point the romance was under way and a year later Maurice gave Yvonne a C500 allegedly involving a couple in their fOs Mrs Guinivere Elliott 53 said she had just got out of the Rolls with her front door keys in her lvand when she heard a woman say: are living on our Mrs Eliott' added: did not hit the woman but she hit me with the back of her hand across my nose I fell to tlie ground in a sitting position Then niy head Rter Robinson -fefos THE wife of the Sheriff of Nottingham told magistrates today that a spat In her husband's face one night after they arrived home in the civic Rolls-Royce She was giving defence evidence at Nottingham on behalf tier 50-year-old husband yt- Gerald Elliott who has denied tiirco assault charges tyro of e00000 OXFORD CIRCUS r-v.