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Man charged over Salford Remembrance Sunday firework disruption Man admits Salford Remembrance Sunday firework disruption
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A man has been charged after fireworks disrupted the two-minute silence at a Remembrance Sunday event. A man has admitted ruining a Remembrance Sunday event by setting off fireworks during a two-minute silence.
Fireworks exploded above the cenotaph in Eccles, Salford, as hundreds of people stood in silence at 11:00 GMT and listened to the Last Post. Stuart Potts, 38, let off two fireworks as hundreds of people observed the silence at 11:00 GMT at the cenotaph in Eccles, Salford, on Sunday.
They were set off from a window ledge of a nearby disused pub, angering some people paying tribute at the service. Potts set off the fireworks while sitting on a ledge of a first-floor window in a nearby disused pub.
Stuart Potts, 38, is due at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court accused of firing fireworks in a public place. At Manchester Magistrates' Court, he admitted throwing a firework in public, and a public order offence.
Mr Potts, of Borough Road, Salford is also charged with a public order offence. Potts of Borough Road, Salford, who has 21 previous convictions, is due to be sentenced later.
Greater Manchester Police said it was called to a disturbance at a pub in Church Street just after 11:05. The fireworks exploded above the cenotaph as the Last Post ended.
Angry veterans had tried to break down the pub door and climb up to the window when the fireworks were let off. Beth Pilling, prosecuting, told the court the first resulted in loud bangs, and the second - a rocket - flew above the heads of the crowd gathered at the service.
No injuries were reported. The court heard a crowd of angry veterans gathered outside the pub window in Church Street shouting, "Get him out!" and tried to break the door of the pub down, with others attempted to climb up to the window.
When Potts appeared at the window to remonstrate with the crowd, a number of traffic cones were thrown at him before he was arrested and taken into custody.
The court heard a statement from an ex-Royal Marine who was at the event to place a cross on the cenotaph for a fallen comrade.
He said the loud bangs reminded him of combat and it had affected his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
It was the most disrespectful thing he had witnessed at such an event, he added. No injuries were reported.