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Mrs. Charity Sweet | 17.03.2008 18:33 | Terror War | London | World

Bent coppers + bent judges = no justice

truth or fiction?
truth or fiction?

truth or lies?
truth or lies?

true or false?
true or false?

fact or fiction?
fact or fiction?

corruption?
corruption?

perverting the course of justice?
perverting the course of justice?

just plain bollocks?
just plain bollocks?


Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)
Part V Industrial action

241.
Intimidation or annoyance by violence or otherwise.
— (1) A person commits an offence who, with a view to compelling another person to abstain from doing or to do any act which that person has a legal right to do or abstain from doing, wrongfully and without legal authority—
(a) uses violence to or intimidates that person or his wife or children, or injures his property,
(b) persistently follows that person about from place to place,
(c) hides any tools, clothes or other property owned or used by that person, or deprives him of or hinders him in the use thereof,
(d) watches or besets the house or other place where that person resides, works, carries on business or happens to be, or the approach to any such house or place, or
(e) follows that person with two or more other persons in a disorderly manner in or through any street or road.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
(3) A constable may arrest without warrant anyone he reasonably suspects is committing an offence under this section.

 http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=2357720



At the station, when looking at the legislation, one custody sergeant talked to another, quietly but clearly enough for one of those arrested to over-hear him.

'This isn't going to work... Even if they get found guilty of this, it's just going to go to judicial review and we won't be able to use it anymore. They'll only be able to arrest once under this act. We might as well just drop it now.'

'Yeah, but it's not down to us is it..?' (Coming from the guys who have the power to decide whether or not to athorise the arrest and detention..)

An obscure arrest, easier to prove than 'obstruction of an officer' and has a bigger punishment.

Mrs. Charity Sweet
- e-mail: charitysweet@hotmail.co.uk

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  1. beg the question who controls the police — loppy

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