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World Conker Championships men's winner cleared of cheating

David Jakins, 82, known as "King Conker", said he kept a steel chestnut in his pocket for "humour value".

But his long-awaited victory was marred when a cheating scandal erupted after a fake steel conker, painted brown, was later found in the veteran competitor's pocket. Mr Jakins spoke of his relief at the outcome after a "stressful week", telling the Daily Star: "We are gentlemen at the World Conker Championships and we don't cheat. Mr Jakins won the men's competition but lost in the overall final to women's champion Kelci Banschbach, originally from the United States, who only took up the game last year when she moved to Suffolk.

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