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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -yobs.html

Quote:
A woman was arrested and hauled to court for swearing at a group of youths after a brick was thrown through her window.
After being cleared of all wrongdoing, Natalie Harrop criticised the police for failing to deal with the vandals.
She was arrested after disobeying a police officer's order to go back inside her house after confronting the group of youths who had earlier chased her boyfriend. She claimed she had been locked out.

Sounds like a jobsworth trying to achieve arrest targets.

Quote:
Miss Harrop was charged with using abusive words within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.

If they are old enough to throw bricks through windows they are old enough to hear a few swear words.
Author:  Linux_User [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 strikes again. It's absurd that a Policeman can arrest you for using harsh language, sometimes "you're a [LIFTED] [LIFTED]" is the only language they understand.

Abolish it.
Author:  E. F. Benson [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
I think it was maybe the officer whose ears were offended so.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
E. F. Benson wrote:
I think it was maybe the officer whose ears were offended so.

Maybe she called the gang pigs and he thought it was aimed at him. ;)
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
No wonder the public have little faith in the police. :roll:
Author:  Nick [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:42 am ]
Post subject:  Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
Linux_User wrote:
Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 strikes again. It's absurd that a Policeman can arrest you for using harsh language, sometimes "you're a [LIFTED] [LIFTED]" is the only language they understand.

Abolish it.


I disagree.

Sure, it was abused in this case but that doesn't mean it always is.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
There are times when it is valid but if the police go for the easy option and arrest home owners protecting their property they destroy the support of the public. The judge or magistrate should be able to award penalties against the police and CPS if they bring silly cases like this against innocent people. It would help restore public confidence and make them think twice about such cases.
Author:  AlunD [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
Amnesia10 wrote:
It would help restore public confidence and make them think twice about such cases.

+1 :D
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
AlunD wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
It would help restore public confidence and make them think twice about such cases.

+1 :D


+1 ...
Author:  Linux_User [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
Nick wrote:
I disagree.

Sure, it was abused in this case but that doesn't mean it always is.


There has been a report commissioned before (the name of which currently escapes me) that found the power is routinely abused.

Perhaps one of the most famous examples is this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfo ... 606022.stm

The point of section 5 is to give the Police power to act when someone says something that does, or is likely to alarm or distress someone nearby, for example shouting anti-Semitic remarks in a Jewish area, making threats etc. Not only have the Police used the power when no-one is around to hear the remarks (thus it can't be likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress), but the Police have been ticked off by a Judge before for claiming it was they who suffered harassment, alarm or distress (which the Judge dismissed, stating that the nature of their role meant they would encounter harsh language and insults).
Author:  brataccas [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Woman arrested for swearing at yobs
Only in England :lol: that sortof arrest is unheard of here
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