Keith Richards' former son-in-law Dominic Jennings, 45, dies after being hit by a train two days after he was arrested 'for trying to look up girls' skirts' - and three months after his ex-wife Angela got engaged again
- Dominic Jennings, 45, had been arrested by police two days before the tragedy
- Allegedly confronted for 'trying to look up little girls' skirts' in Bognor Regis park
- He was killed on the railway track at Chichester station at 7am on Wednesday
- He was once married to Rolling Stone Keith Richards' daughter Dandelion
- Dandelion's mother is Keith Richards' then-lover actress Anita Pallenberg
The former son-in-law of Rolling Stone Keith Richards has died after being hit by a train just two days after he was faced with accusations that he 'tried to look up girls' skirts' in a park.
Dominic Jennings, 45, who was once married to the guitarist's daughter Dandelion, had been arrested by police two days before the tragedy.
He was allegedly confronted by locals in Bognor Regis for 'trying to look up little girls' skirts' and 'coax them away from their parents' in a park.
A picture purportedly of Mr Jennings was also shared online.
Dominic Jennings, 45, who was once married to Keith Richards' daughter Dandelion (pictured on their wedding day), had been arrested by police two days before he died after being hit by a train
Mr Jennings, a carpenter, married Angela (together, centre), the daughter of Richards and his then lover Anita Pallenberg (second left, back row), in a ceremony in 1998
Mr Jennings was killed on the railway track at Chichester station at 7am on Wednesday - just two days after the accusations were made.
Mr Jennings' parents Cyril and Carole and his twin sister Kirsty, known as Koo – who has a daughter Chay – were too devastated to comment about the incident, which occurred on the line between Havant in Hampshire and Barnham in West Sussex.
Dominic Jennings, 45, was allegedly confronted by locals in Bognor Regis for 'trying to look up little girls' skirts' and 'coax them away from their parents' in a park. A picture purportedly of Mr Jennings (pictured) was also shared online
It comes three months after Dandelion, 48, who now uses her middle name Angela, became engaged to Graham Whitney, the father of her children Ava, nine, and Otto, six.
Facebook posts - which have since been deleted - read: 'Old man sat watching the children for over half an hour, was then seen trying to look up little girls' skirts and trying to coax them away from their parents and over to him.
'I confronted him, he then moved to a group of teenage girls at the other end of the park telling them how hot and sexy they were.
'Myself and a mum from the park confronted him again asking if he knew any of the children and what was he doing? He stumbled some b******* about knowing it was wrong.
'We then told him we were calling the police, he then rode off before the police arrived.'
Another post said a man was 'looking under' girls' dresses and 'speaking to them sexually'.
This post featured an image purportedly of Mr Jennings and another of a police car.
Robin Clapton - a friend of Mr Jennings - told The Sun: 'He never, ever, ever displayed any inclination towards young children.
'If he had a problem, he would speak to one of us about it. He didn't have those kinds of problems.'
Mr Jennings, a carpenter, married Angela, the daughter of Richards and his then lover Anita Pallenberg, in a ceremony in 1998. The Rolling Stone paid more than £250,000 for the blessing at his £2million 20-acre home in West Wittering, West Sussex, and walked his daughter down the aisle.
Facebook posts - which have since been deleted - read: 'Old man sat watching the children for over half an hour, was then seeing trying to look up little girls' skirts and trying to coax them away from their parents and over to him'
Another post said a man was 'looking under' girls' dresses and 'speaking to them sexually'
Guests included Ronnie Wood, Jerry Hall, Kate Moss and Marianne Faithfull. The marriage is believed to have disintegrated about a decade ago.
After Mr Jennings' death, Miss Richards posted on Facebook: 'Been laying [sic] awake for hours reflecting on the last 48 hours.
'I will not be hypocritical as my friends and family know that Dominic and myself have been separated for over 10 years and not on pleasant terms but my heart breaks for one of my closest friends Koo Violet and for my goddaughter Chay.
After Mr Jennings' death, Miss Richards posted on Facebook: 'I wasn't going to comment but unfortunately he has been on a downward slope for the last 15 years. I know his family have desperately tried to help but he hasn't accepted it'
Miss Richards (right, pictured in 1998) was known as the 'baby who almost broke up the Stones' after Richards accused Mick Jagger of being her father at a time when both men and Miss Pallenberg were heavy heroin users
'We have been friends for years and we have always supported each other through everything and she has always stuck by me. Dominic was a son, brother and an uncle. My condolences go out to his family and friends.'
She added: 'I wasn't going to comment but unfortunately he has been on a downward slope for the last 15 years.
'I know his family have desperately tried to help but he hasn't accepted it.
'It's a shame it has come to this all over social media but he is not the man you all once knew.
'I must add I meant for his drink and drug problems.'
Miss Richards was known as the 'baby who almost broke up the Stones' after Richards accused Mick Jagger of being her father at a time when both men and Miss Pallenberg were heavy heroin users. She was brought up by her grandparents – Richards' parents Doris and Bert – in Dartford, Kent, because her mother was too hooked on drugs to care for her.
Miss Pallenberg died in 2017.
Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform live on stage at Old Trafford in 2018
British Transport Police said of Mr Jennings' death: 'Officers were called to the line in Chichester...following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
'Paramedics also attended, however, sadly, a man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene.
'The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.'
Sussex Police has referred Mr Jennings' death to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
A spokesman said yesterday: 'This incident has been the subject of a mandatory referral by the force to the IOPC as there had been some previous recent contact between the man and the police before the incident. We await the IOPC response.'
The IOPC said: 'We have received a referral from Sussex Police regarding a man who died following contact with police.
'The referral will now be assessed to determine if IOPC involvement in any investigation is required.'
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'The baby who almost broke up the Stones': Keith Richards' daughter Dandelion's controversial start to life
By Jemma Carr For Mailonline
Dandelion Richards, the daughter of Rolling Stone Keith Richards and his then lover Anita Pallenberg, was notoriously dubbed the 'baby who almost broke up the Stones'.
She was given the title after Richards accused fellow rolling stone Mick Jagger of being her real father at a time when both men and Miss Pallenberg were heavy heroin users.
Around the time she was conceived – in the summer of 1971 – Miss Pallenberg was seriously addicted to heroin, shooting up three times daily while on tour with the band.
Dandelion Richards, the daughter of Rolling Stone Keith Richards (pictured together) and his then lover Anita Pallenberg, was notoriously dubbed the 'baby who almost broke up the Stones'
The Rolling Stone paid more than £250,000 for the blessing at his £2million 20-acre home in West Wittering, West Sussex, and walked his daughter down the aisle (pictured)
When she discovered she was pregnant, Miss Pallenberg asked her rockstar boyfriend's PA to arrange for an abortion.
She asked several times for flights to be booked so she could have a termination back home – but never took them.
Extraordinarily, Richards – who was a doting father when sober – also apparently believed that the baby was fathered by Mick Jagger while he was too fuddled under the influence of heroin to notice.
Dandelion Richards, the daughter of Rolling Stone Keith Richards (left), now uses her middle name Angela
The fall-out from that argument between Jagger and Richards would go on for years.
But in time, everyone accepted that the child was Richards's and after she was born in Switzerland in April 1972, she was placed in the care of his mother Doris and was raised in Dartford, Kent.
In 1998, Miss Richards wed carpenter Dominic Jennings.
The Rolling Stone paid more than £250,000 for the blessing at his £2million 20-acre home in West Wittering, West Sussex, and walked his daughter down the aisle.
Guests included Ronnie Wood, Jerry Hall, Kate Moss and Marianne Faithfull. The marriage is believed to have disintegrated about a decade ago.
In 1998, Miss Richards wed carpenter Dominic Jennings. Model Kate Moss (centre), Ronnie Wood and his wife Jo attended the star-studded nuptials
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