Top Gear And Jeremy Clarkson's Argentina Case To Be Reopened

Jeremy Clarkson Could Be Going To Jail For 3 Years
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The incident in October of last year led to Clarkson and his co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond to be chased out of the country by a violent mob.

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Clarkson looking chirpy in the midst of what would become his sacking

The specific charge is of "falsifying, altering or suppressing the number of a legally registered object".

A previous investigation by Judge Maria Cristina Barrionuevo found the team had not acted in bad faith.

But an appeals court has ordered the case be reopened after pressure from a Falklands war veteran, Osvaldo Hillar.

He said: "We believe that the Top Gear crew changed the plates in the full knowledge that what they were doing was illegal."

The three presenters may have to give evidence in Argentina.

The episode in question drew huge viewing numbers but the fate of 'Top Gear' rapidly declined soon after when Jeremy Clarkson was fired for punching a producer.

Hammond and May quickly announced they wouldn't be returning to the show on the BBC but the three have found a new home on Amazon Prime in a yet-to-be titled show.

17 Times Jeremy Clarkson Did Something Outrageous
The Dog-Naming Incident(01 of11)
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A lot of people got upset when Clarkson named his new dog 'Didier Drogba'. To be fair, they were probably over-reacting.... (credit:Jeremy Clarkson/Twitter)
This Jovial Prank (02 of11)
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When He Joked About A Plane Crash Just After MH370 Crashed(03 of11)
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"The oxygen masks have deployed. Goodbye everyone." Admittedly it must have been worrying but the timing was pretty poor.
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In 2012 he breached BBC guidelines by comparing a Japanese car to people with growths on their faces. A member of the public complained about the "offensive" remarks after Clarkson likened the shape of a Prius campervan to someone with "a growth on their face" and referred to it as the "elephant car".
When PETA Had A Go At Him(06 of11)
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Clarkson was labelled a bully and "ignorant and unfeeling" by animals rights group Peta after posting a picture of a mouse supposedly squashed during rehearsals for Top Gear's live show online.
The Whole Falklands Thing(07 of11)
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If you didn't hear about this one then where have you been?! The number plate. The being chased out of the country. The repeated denials. It had EVERYTHING.
Beer And Driving Don't Mix(08 of11)
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The 'Slope' Incident Part 2(09 of11)
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Clarkson claimed to be the victim of a Twitter hack when a now deleted a picture of a sign saying ‘entrance to slope’, with the caption ‘this is just obscene’ emerged from his accountBut he later denied having sent such a tweet.
Trivialising Train Suicides(10 of11)
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Clarkson became embroiled in further controversy after describing people who throw themselves under trains as "selfish".
The Dead Chinese Cockle-Pickers(11 of11)
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Writing in The Sun, the Top Gear presenter made fun of synchronised swimming as nothing more than "Chinese women in hats, upside down, in a bit of water".He added: "You can see that sort of thing on Morecambe Beach. For free."In 2004 23 cockle-pickers drowned after becoming trapped by rising tides in the Lancashire bay.