Monday 7 December 2009

Making A Laughing Stock Of British Justice...

Stuart Hunt, 46, was charged for allegedly laughing at the teenage daughter of the couple he has had a dispute with for six years.

He claims that the 15-year-old was dancing in the street as he drove past after dropping his two children at school.

Mr Hunt insists that all he did was smile, shake his head and laugh, but that may be enough to land him in court, accused of breaching one of the most unusual Asbos imposed in Scotland.
And for 'unusual', read 'plain barking mad':
The interim court order, granted in 2007, imposed a series of restrictions on Mr Hunt, whose dispute with his neighbours Stuart and Shirley Latham dates from a row over speed bumps he placed on the access road they share.

The order prevents him from laughing at people, staring at anyone or slowly clapping his hands at the actions of others.

He is also banned from waving objects at people and adopting a menacing stance.
Isn't it time people grew up? And isn't it time the police and courts stopped acting like primary school teachers?
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4 comments:

  1. Leg-iron7 December 2009 at 16:53

    Amazing, isn't it. The girl goes indoors and says 'Mummy, that man laughed at me'... and she calls the police.

    Instead of just saying 'Oh, grow up,' the police turn out and arrest the guy!

    He'd have been better off murdering them. All he'd get would be a slap on the wrist for that.

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  2. Anonymous7 December 2009 at 18:08

    Next week:

    Man arrested for walking on the cracks in the pavement, being in possession of an offensive wife and driving under the influence of Rastarian music.

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  3. Anonymous7 December 2009 at 18:36

    Surely this is a joke? Please tell me we have not come to this: A punchline in a Fawlty Towers gag. Dear me.

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  4. JuliaM8 December 2009 at 05:22

    "Amazing, isn't it."

    And tragic. Policing for the 'Jerry Springer' and 'Trisha' generation.

    Perhaps it'd be cheaper to hire those large t-shirted chaps who wait in the wings for this sort of occasion?

    "Man arrested for walking on the cracks in the pavement, being in possession of an offensive wife and driving under the influence of Rastarian music."

    Smith and Jones were a bit ahead of their time, but not by much, weren't they?

    "Surely this is a joke?"

    I wish...

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