A prankster quizzed by police after a city centre stunt sparked complaints has had the last laugh - after the CPS dropped the case against him.

Internet sensation Jack Jones faced prosecution for causing a public nuisance after the controversial prank landed him in the dock.

But the 22-year-old comedian walked free from Canterbury Crown Court this week after lawyers called a halt to the case.

Mr Jones - who has more than three million Facebook followers - had been accused of asking members of the public "obscene sexually intimate questions".

He was filmed in the city asking unwitting strangers “do you want to see my balls?”, before producing either marbles or golf balls once he had incited a reaction.

The online comic pulled the same stunt in Chatham, with one clip showing him being punched in the face by an angry victim.

But it was his antics in Canterbury which landed him in trouble and facing a charge of causing a public nuisance.

Senior lawyers, however, told a judge this week that although the pranks angered members of the public, they had not amounted to a criminal offence.

But despite escaping prosecution, Mr Jones was still given an ear-bashing by senior judge Adele Williams.

In allowing the investigation to be halted, she warned Jones off future pranks, telling him: “You are seriously at risk of losing your liberty if you come back before this court.”

Mr Jones, of Milton Square, Margate, was also told he will receive a letter from the CPS “in the strongest terms” warning him if he persists he could face harassment charges.

After the brief hearing, Mr Jones boarded a train to London and the Gazette was told he was unavailable for comment.

But his manager Terry Mills, of the Big Talent Group, later said it was inevitable some of his client’s pranks would cause offence.

“Jack would call himself a comedian,” he said. “All he wants to do is make people laugh and smile.

“With this type of comedy you’re going to cause offence with some members of the public.

"All he wants to do is make people laugh and smile" - Manager Terry Mills

“People have different sense of humours and some are offended because they don’t have Jack’s humour. Jack completely gets that.

“He wants to make people smile and if he offends a few people on the way that is the nature of comedy.”

Mr Mills says the Canterbury prank would never have been uploaded to YouTube if Mr Jones had been employed by the talent agency at the time it was filmed.

He said: “It’s one that would have been deleted as Jack’s material is looked at now by management.

“Now he tries to do positive things with his videos, like raising awareness of homelessness.

“His videos are also very favourable of the police. He wants police officers to be seen as happy and approachable.

“The picture some people paint of Jack isn’t the Jack I know. I know the real Jack.”

Mr Mills added that it is very unlikely his client will be taking to the streets of Canterbury with his camera in future.

He said: “Jack has been travelling the country and realises that his relationship with some towns and cities is different to others.

“He won’t be going back to Canterbury any time soon. He feels he’s not welcome there.”

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