World Conker Championships cheating controversy as winner David Jakins is accused

David Jakins, 82, won the men's competition but he has since been accused of cheating.

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00:00It's autumn, which means it's time to get those conkers, and it's already been the World Conker Championship.

00:08One of its top judges did take part this year, but David Jenkins, the winner of the Men's World Championship,

00:16has been amidst a storm of controversy after it was found that he had a steel conker threaded in his pocket,

00:23an identical one to the one he used.

00:26Now, David, who's 82, said that this was an on-running joke, he had it in his pocket, it was just a bit of fun,

00:34but people online have reacted badly to the Conker Man, the King of Conkers, as he's been known as,

00:42because they believe that, one, the top judge shouldn't be competing in the competition, but also that he could have been cheating.

00:51We'd love to know your thoughts about serious issues of the day like this.