A Dundee man was arrested after dancing naked in a Trafalgar Square fountain in the build-up to Scotland’s game against England.
Paul Heffell, 23, a heating engineer from Douglas, was arrested on Wednesday for skinny-dipping and being drunk and disorderly in the fountain into which fellow supporters had poured washing-up liquid.
Heffell said he was “egged on” by his mates.
He danced in the fountain for nearly 10 minutes after discarding his clothes, something he says he’s “not embarrassed about”.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police spotted him messing about and moved in to arrest him, before carting him off to Charing Cross Police Station in Westminster.
He was shut in a cell before being fined and released.
“I just got caught up in the excitement of it all,” said Heffell. “I’m known for getting my clothes off so I just thought ‘why not?’.
“There was a bit of egging on from my pals. It doesn’t take much for me to take them off.
“I was jumping around for about five to 10 minutes in the washing-up liquid when the cops noticed.”
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said Heffell was taken immediately to a London police station and was left in a cell for a few hours.
He will not face court after he was given a £60 fixed penalty notice.
Heffell even got out of police custody in time to see Scotland’s narrow 3-2 defeat to the Auld Enemy.
The Dundonian said he holds “no grudge” about his treatment.
“It was decent of them to let me out before the match,” he said.