Preston judge dismisses threatening behaviour conviction appeal by Fylde DJ who disrupted Harris Museum performance

A man has lost his bid to overturn a conviction for a public order offence after disrupting a performance staged by anti fracking campaigners during the Lancashire Fringe festival.
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A monologues performance called 'Nannas with Banners' at Preston's Harris Museum on May 22, 2019, was interrupted by Geza David Tarjanyi - also known as Gayzer Frackman - who started to rage at the performers.

Tarjanyi, 58, formerly of Lytham but now of Boundary Street, Leyland, was convicted after a trial at Preston Magistrates' Court, which heard he entered the performance area, filming and shouting comments towards the women.

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Judge David Potter, sitting at Preston Crown Court, dismissed his bid to appeal the conviction after hearing evidence about Tarjanyi's actions from witnesses who were at the museum.

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Footage from his own camera, which he later uploaded onto Facebook, shows him filming from on a balcony at the museum as their performance took place, before descending and turning the camera to himself, saying: "Just to let you know this is exactly what we are going to do - to stop the lie. No more pain no more fear."

He then walked onto the round stage area shouting: "I've seen enough of this lie, stop the lie."