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Jeremy Clarkson: No further police action over 'fracas'

Jeremy Clarkson will face no further police action over his attack on a Top Gear producer at a hotel, North Yorkshire Police said today.

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Police: No further action over Jeremy Clarkson attack

Jeremy Clarkson will face no further police action over his attack on a Top Gear producer at a hotel, North Yorkshire Police said today.

Jeremy Clarkson will face no further police action Credit: PA

Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon had his lip split in a 30-second-long assault on March 4 and took himself to hospital with his injuries.

Clarkson reported the incident to the BBC five days later and was suspended by the broadcaster on March 10 before it announced his contract would not be renewed.

North Yorkshire Police released this statement about its decision not to pursue any further action over the attack:

North Yorkshire Police has now completed its routine inquiries following the incident at Hawes involving Mr Jeremy Clarkson, and we will not be pursuing this matter any further.

North Yorkshire Police takes a thorough and victim-led approach to all investigations.

Last week, the person at the centre of the incident, Mr Tymon, said that he did not wish the police to take action on his behalf.

However, at that point we still needed to speak to some members of the public who were present at the time of the incident, who had been affected by the event, and whose views also needed to be considered.

Now that all the interviews are complete, we have properly established that there is no need for further police action.

– North Yorkshire Police

The star received widespread public support - including from his friend, Prime Minister David Cameron - in the aftermath of the "fracas" while one million people signed a petition calling for the BBC to reinstate him.

But director-general Tony Hall said "a line has been crossed" and that "there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another".

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