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Friday, August 15, 2008, 17:30
Kin Wong, 40, of Stafford Road, Waddon, bought a canister of Dragon spray, which is used by the German police, while visiting his sister in Dusseldorf last year.
After reading about how dangerous Britain was becoming he decided to keep the illegal spray in his car for his own protection.
And on November 8 last year he used the spray during a minor road rage incident in north London, the Old Bailey was told this week. The spray contained the irritant known as Capsaicin, found in chilli peppers, and had been bought by Wong for eight euros.
Wong had called officers to Manor House tube station after last November's incident and told them he had been followed.
Prosecutor Cynthia Cruickshank told the court: "Another man arrived on the scene and indicated Mr Wong had sprayed something at his car and another person who was the driver of the car."
Wong then told officers: "I was scared, they lowered the windows and opened the car doors and I sprayed them with the pepper spray."
The canister was retrieved from the back seat of his car and he was arrested.
When tested the spray was found to cause "sticky eyes, irritation and pain" but did not cause any lasting harm.
Timothy Banks, defending, said Wong had grown increasingly anxious about crime having been the victim of an attempted necklace snatch in 1992.
This was followed by two burglaries at his mother's home in the mid-90s.
Wong admitted possession of a weapon. He was due to stand trial for causing actual bodily harm by using the spray but the prosecution offered no evidence when the two witnesses failed to turn up at court.
The judge, Recorder Peter Clarke QC, told Wong he considered "a short period of imprisonment", before handing him a £400 fine.
Wong wiped tears from his eyes as he left court.
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