Former chef for Jamie Oliver breached police order banning him from area of Penzance
Frazer Soul returned to an area of Penzance he was banned fro,
Mike Smallcombe
A man who once trained under celebrity cook Jamie Oliver has admitted returning to an area he was banned from in Penzance.
Frazer Soul, of Gwavas Road in the town, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Monday (September 10) where he admitted a single charge of failing to comply with a direction excluding a person from an area.
Soul, now 33 and formerly of Launceston, has struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and has 28 previous convictions to his name.
Over ten years ago, Soul beat hundreds of competitors to be hand-picked to train as a chef at the Fifteen Restaurant in Watergate Bay, which was founded by Oliver but was thrown off the course.
Frazer Soul pictured in 2007 at the age of 21
The court heard that Soul was with his girlfriend in Penzance on June 22 when he was served with a section 35 order by police for anti-social behaviour, banning him from an area of Penzance for 48 hours.
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Soul ripped up the order in front of the officers, and was told he would be charged for littering. Soul picked up the pieces and left the scene, but returned within the 48-hour period.
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The locality was specified as the alleyway behind D.J. Andrewartha furniture shop off Causeway Head.
"I didn't realise it was 48 hours," he told the court.
Soul was given a given a conditional discharge for 12 months, meaning he will not be sentenced unless he commits a further offence in that time period.
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