Monday, January 19, 2004

Police Probe 'Assault' on Scientist Stephen Hawking
British police are investigating an alleged assault on scientist Stephen Hawking, the disabled cosmologist and author of the best-selling "A Brief History of Time."

Detectives want to question Hawking about a number of minor injuries he recently suffered.

A Cambridgeshire Police spokeswoman said Monday detectives were probing allegations that the university professor had been assaulted.

"Police are investigating an allegation of assault on a 62-year-old man from Cambridge," the spokeswoman said, declining to give further details.

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