Keen was found guilty of obstructing a boat race and interfering with the safety of persons gathered, failing to comply with a harbour master’s notice, and failing to register his boat for use on the Thames.
Staines Magistrates’ Court heard that Keen steered his boat into a section of the Thames closed off for the Kingston Amateur Regatta, an event established in 1852, swamping rowers and narrowly avoiding a collision.
Scott Keen steered his boat into a closed-off section of the Thames where a summer regatta was being held while yelling ‘You don’t own the f****** water’.
An Environmental Agency crackdown on unregistered vessels in the Thames last year resulted in 40 boaters having to pay a combined total of over £55,000 for their offences.
This is the shocking moment a foul-mouthed boater caused mayhem on the River Thames and narrowly avoided collision with a group of rowers.
