Lord Peter Mandelson, 72, is now facing a fine after the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council confirmed they are investigating the incident which took place last week
Pee-ter Mandelson is now facing a local authority probe after he was snapped urinating in public.
The ex-US Ambassador was “caught short” last Wednesday night in the Notting Hill area of London after a visit to former chancellor George Osborne’s £10million townhouse. The 72-year-old is now facing a fine after the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council confirmed they are investigating the incident.
Councillor Johnny Thalassites, lead council member for environment and planning, told the Daily Star it was “unacceptable” for people to relieve themselves on the street. “We are aware of images appearing to show a prominent politician caught short on one of our streets and are investigating whether an offence has been committed,” he said.
“While we appreciate that nature can call at the most inconvenient moments, we are proud of our borough’s clean streets and amazing spaces and it is unacceptable for anyone to treat them as a urinal.”
It is an offence under the Public Order Act 1986 to urinate in a public place. Offenders can be issued with a warning or a fixed penalty notice or prosecution.
Lord Mandelson previously said of the incident: “I can only offer my profuse apologies. I was stood up by two Uber drivers and kept waiting in the street for half an hour and was bursting.
“There is no disguising my embarrassment.”
Mandelson was pictured at around 11pm while waiting for an Uber, after arriving at his Tory buddy George’s £10million townhouse around three hours earlier. He carried a posh bottle of Chilean wine into their mini-party before he was photographed peeing against a garden wall outside.
Mandelson met Osbourne in the wake of the publication in the US of 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate. They included messages revealing the Labour peer remained pals with serial predator Epstein until late 2016 – eight years after he pleaded guilty to child sex offences.
Mandelson was branded “revolting” over his outdoor pee. A witness said he looked “worse for wear” and splashed his trainers with urine. He also outraged the owner of the wall he peed against.
It belongs to Osborne’s neighbour James Reed – the tycoon behind Reed Recruitment, who has been critical of Labour’s economic policies.
Mr Reed sneered said: “I’m surprised that whichever of my neighbours he happened to be visiting didn’t offer him a toilet. It doesn’t seem very diplomatic.”
Another neighbour hit out: “We have to put up with this sort of revolting behaviour during the Notting Hill Carnival.
“It’s a shame to see that people still feel entitled to urinate in the street here three months later, and quite outrageous that the person responsible should be a peer of the realm.”
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