A huge manhunt for a terror suspect who removed his ankle tag and vanished was the reason police shut down the Port of Dover yesterday and searched every vehicle in case he was trying to flee Britain.
Huge 10-hour tailbacks were caused and frustrations grew as officers carried out in-depth searches for the suspect.
Seems as if a terrorism suspect can cause almost as much disruption to society when under the nominal 'control' of the state as when running free, eh? Still, at least the police finally collared their m...
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It wasn't until the man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - handed himself back in to police that the emergency was stood down.
*sighs*
A source told The Sun: 'Fortunately, he was on the run for a short period and there was no danger to the public.
'When someone on a TPim absconds, an all-ports alert is automatically triggered. These are tough measures imposed for a reason.'
Maybe those measures shouldn't be able to cause every bit as much panic and economic disruption as a bomb or stabbing attack? Just a thought...
Is there any real reason not to let the bastard feck off into the sunset, hopefully never to return? Pity we can't feck him off this mortal coil permanently.
ReplyDeleteScruffy, stupid and ineffective.
ReplyDeleteRather than add thousands more of the same....wouldn't it make far more economic sense to put the whole bally lot of them on the dole?
There is a way to stop incidents like this. Modify the ankle tracker so that, if the wearer goes beyond their permitted boundaries, or an attempt is made to remove the tracker, a small explosive charge blows their foot off. It may seem drastic, but they will only try it once (twice if they are masochists or trying for the highest rate of disability allowance). Mind you, my sense of justice is a bit to the right of Genghis Khan!
ReplyDeleteTry reading "Wasp" by Eric Frank Russell.
ReplyDelete"Is there any real reason not to let the bastard feck off into the sunset..."
ReplyDeleteOr to let the SAS deal with him when he does?
"There is a way to stop incidents like this. Modify the ankle tracker so that, if the wearer goes beyond their permitted boundaries, or an attempt is made to remove the tracker, a small explosive charge blows their foot off."
Can we put it round their neck instead?
"Try reading "Wasp" by Eric Frank Russell."
Read it? I think we're living it!