gair rhydd y Monday March 16th 2015 | freeword | Issue 1048
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Student “urinated on dinner” in public
t An unidentified medics rugby player is alleged to have committed act while on tour t P&O Ferries confirms incident took place; Cardiff University investigating EXCLUSIVE Anna Lewis
Cardiff University Medic’s rugby team have been banned from P&O Ferries, after one student allegedly “urinated on a table where a family were eating”. The incident is confirmed to have taken place on February 12th on the 23.15 departure from Dover. According to a number of individuals familiar with the incident, the incident saw a drunk member of the rugby team urinate on-board the ferry in an area surrounded by families and children. Reports claim that the student was wearing a Cardiff University hoodie at the time during the team’s journey to Amsterdam for their tour. “I was told that one rugby player
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got so drunk they pissed in someone’s food,” one anonymous student commented. “It was 100% a medic student that did it,” another student confirmed. “Although I’m not sure whether they actually pissed in the food or just on the table.” Various other sources have corroborated these accounts, although none have offered anything that might identify the individual who mounted the table. A P&O spokesperson confirmed than an incident involving Cardiff Medical students had taken place, but did not confirm any specific details.
The spokesperson did explain that ‘the behaviour of this group meant that we banned them from returning with us.’ According to the spokesperson, the students involved have not been reported to police. However, they explained that the company would ‘reconsider’ if the university felt it to be necessary, hinting that an offence may have been committed. The student responsible for the incident has not been named, with the rugby team allegedly refusing to identify the culprit in order to prevent disciplinary action against the individual. When queried about the incident, Cardiff Medics Rugby declined to
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comment. As healthcare students, reluctance to name the student responsible is concerning. If P&O reconsidered and a police investigation was initated, this would likely cause the individual to be judged as unfit to practice. A Cardiff University spokesperson explained that the University had been made aware of ‘an incident involving Cardiff Medic’s Rugby Team’. However, no formal complaints have yet been made to the University. The circumstances involving the incident are now being investigated in order to determine the University’s course of action.
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A P&O Ship (Photographer: Paul Smith)
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