Red card for Arnie

Furious politicians from Arnold Schwarzenegger's home city have turned on him over his refusal to stop the execution of a reformed gangster.

Councillors in the Austrian city of Graz yesterday voted to remove the California governor's name from the local football stadium.

The move comes after the Terminator star denied clemency to convicted murderer Stanley 'Tookie'Williams, 51, the co-founder of Los Angeles' notorious Crips gang.

Graz deputy mayor Walter Ferk said: said: 'It is annoying that we are being criticised because of Schwarzenegger's actions in California.

'It is not exactly admirable for us to be connected with the death penalty. Therefore, I am in favour of renaming the stadium.'

The news came as it was revealed that Williams' ashes would be scattered in South Africa.

Barbara Becnel, who co-authored his anti-gang books, said: 'Tookie wanted to return to his ancestral home. We chose South Africa because I know some members of the Mandela family.'

Becnel added that Williams' body will be taken to Los Angeles for a memorial service which will probably be held on Tuesday.

'A site has not been picked but it will be a large venue that can hold more than 16,000 people,' she said.

Speakers include rapper Snoop Dogg and the Rev Jesse Jackson. After the funeral, close friends will travel to South Africa for another ceremony.

'Stan probably wanted to go back to his origin, where we came from as a people,' said his ex-wife, Bonnie Williams Taylor.

Williams always protested his innocence and during his years in jail he became an active anti-gang and antiviolence campaigner.