A GROUP of business people found themselves under arrest yesterday, all in the name of charity.
They agreed to be fingerprinted, photographed and detained in a mock cell at Middlesbrough Football Club's Riverside Stadium until colleagues made a donation to the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB).
The fundraising 'felons' included Scott Wilshaw, from the Judges Hotel, at Yarm, Paula Cooper, from Air Products Chemicals, Malcolm Green, from Boots, Margaret Armstrong, principal of Stockton and Billingham College, and Mark Tough, from Armstrong World and The Blues Brothers, soon to be appearing on stage at Billingham Forum.
As he was led away by Sue Crawley, from Tees Valley Tourism, Mr Wilshaw, who aimed to raise £1,000, said: "I'm a little bit worried because my staff keep telling me they will pay to keep me in jail."
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