West Indian dominoes players dismayed by noise ban in London square...

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A black pensioner has won a court fight to prove his racial equality rights were ignored when he was threatened with jail following complaints that he and his pals play dominoes too loudly.

Ernest Theophile, 74, and a group of elderly friends have been gathering at Maida Hill Market Square in north London for the past 12 years.

At the square they "chat, socialise and play dominoes, cards and backgammon".

Mr Theophile has "visited the area most of his life", Judge Heather Baucher told Central London County Court, and sees the square almost like a second home.

But Mr Theophile says killjoy council officers are trying to stifle his right to enjoy the freedom of the square, following complaints from other locals that they are making too much of a racket.

Westminster Council obtained an injunction banning amongst other thing "shouting " and "drinking alcohol" in the square which the pals say discriminates against Caribbean culture around the playing of dominoes.

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