More news from Rio…
President of the Olympic Council of Ireland Pat Hickey was arrested this morning at his hotel in Rio.
National Brazilian newspaper Estadao reported that Police carried out the arrest in Barra da Tijuca.
Pictures of his arrest have emerged with Mr. Hickey dressed in a dressing-gown.
Pictures of Pat Hickey in his dressing gown as he is arrested pic.twitter.com/C8ajN3kvsy
— SportsNewsIRELAND (@SportsNewsIRE) August 17, 2016
The BBC are reporting that police have said Pat Hickey tried to escape from them when they confronted him at the OCI hotel.
They’ve since updated their description of his ‘escape’ to say that Hickey “slid his Olympic pass under the door and fled into the adjacent room”.
People were already beginning to see the irony of his actions…
The irony if BBC report on Hickey trying to avoid arrest is true – he couldn't run away fast enough.
— Matt Cooper (@cooper_m) August 17, 2016
The report comes after respected Brazilian journalist Jamil Chade reported that Hickey had fallen ill and had to be taken to hospital.
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