Be Careful When Sergeant Eros Arrives.

A MALE stripogram is set to stand trial later this month accused of wearing a police uniform and carrying an offensive weapon.

Stuart Kennedy, 24, who adopts the stage name “Sergeant Eros” during his performances, was arrested in July in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, shortly before he was due to appear at a fundraising event at the town’s Meldrum Arms Hotel.

When Kennedy, of Links View, Aberdeen, appeared at an intermediate trial diet at the city’s sheriff court yesterday he adhered to his pleas of not guilty and trial was set for 27 November.

Kennedy is charged with contravening the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1965 by possessing an offensive weapon – a side-handled baton – without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, in South Road, Oldmeldrum, on 20 July. He is also accused of contravening the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 on the same date by a wearing a police uniform – including handcuffs and a CS spray holder containing a canister of “training water” spray – without having a satisfactory explanation of his possession of the items.

Kennedy works as a part-time stripogram to pay his way through Aberdeen University where he is studying genetics.

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