Organiser of the World Conker Championships, Charles Whalley, says allegations of cheating “are being taken seriously” after competitor David Jakins was found with a steel chestnut in his pocket. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I think you have to take these things really seriously.
00:04You know, there are people who've
00:07been knocked out of the competition and they feel a little bit,
00:11you know, aggrieved about that.
00:13So, yes, we are taking it seriously.
00:16We're looking at all still photography, video photography
00:21and other evidence that is coming to light literally as we speak.
00:26I think the interim conclusions from what we've seen so far
00:30or what we've waded through so far is that David is completely innocent.
00:36And I'd hope that unless anything
00:40untoward comes up this afternoon, that will conclude sometime today.