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Wednesday, 1st February 2006

Celebrity BB: Pete gets all-clear over coat

Pete Burns

CELEBRITY Big Brother housemate Pete Burns will not be prosecuted over his monkey fur coat, the Crown Prosecution Service have said.

Police seized the coat from the house during the show and tests confirmed it was made from the fur of a colobus monkey.

The CPS concluded: "There is no evidence to suggest that this garment was imported illegally and therefore that any offence has been committed."

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