A documentary film-maker was hauled into court on a charge of stealing electricity worth 0.003p.
But by the time the ludicrous case was dropped, the bill to taxpayers was more than £5,000.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207448/Film-maker-taken-court-stealing-0-003p--cost-5-000-taxpayer.html#ixzz0Oc5HObKu
The ludicrous actions of the stupid police and the cretins at the CPS are sadly typical - and then they wonder why the public have such little confidence in the criminal justice system?
The Penguin
theres only really one word for authorities behaving like this.... fuckwits
ReplyDeleteon a related note
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8209737.stm
The Police seem more keen to parade around places like Brighton
ReplyDeleteproclaiming to all that they like to take it up the tailpipe than actually doing their jobs.
Most(but not all) coppers these days are just politically correct cowardly drones that are scared to take on the real crims.Witness how being a pikey or chav these days is a get out of jail free card.
well said captain swing . it used to be a police FORCE . now its a SERVICE says it all really
ReplyDeleteAnd it's a fucking rotten "service" at that, WS.
ReplyDeleteMust be a service for their political masters because its certainly not for the public.
They used to call us "members of the public". Now they call us "civilians".
ReplyDeleteSays it all really.
"They used to call us "members of the public". Now they call us "civilians"."
ReplyDeleteWhich presumably makes them members of HM Armed Forces?
They probably have more working guns & ammo than the soldiers in Afghanistan, so I suppose it's not so daft after all....