[UKBusinessLive]

Soft on crime, tough on victims

Mrs Harding, who sings in the church choir, remonstrated with them, only to be told in no uncertain terms where to go. When one of the boys called her a 'f****** fatty' she swiped him with some church paperwork she was carrying.

That was enough to get her arrested for assault and dragged before the courts.
Although given an absolute discharge, she now has a criminal record.

Not so long ago, a village bobby would have been on hand to administer a swift clip round the ear.

These days, he'd be alongside Mrs Harding in the dock. Ask Sergeant Bob Woodward.
He was prosecuted for defending himself against a prisoner who tried to head-butt him in the custody suite at Cannock, Staffs.

The case was only dropped when the witness failed to turn up at court, after absconding on another charge of 'glassing' someone in a pub.

Whilst here is a list of recent proceedings at Tameside Magistrates Court, in Greater Manchester.

Phil John Day, 29, was caught in possession of heroin and crack cocaine. Sentence: conditional discharge and ?60 costs.

Steven Edward Inglis, 22, guilty of assaulting a woman by beating. Fined ?65, with ?50 compensation and ?75 costs.

The court was reserving its full wrath for master criminal Phillip Brown, who was fined ?175 with ?155 costs. His heinous crime? Dropping a cigarette butt.

A few months ago Jane Brown from Derby, was fined ?400 for leaving a plastic childrens toy on top of her dustbin for collection, she has now a criminal record which will be with her for life, she's only 23, what does that do to her career and her future??

Who says Crime dosn't pay, In this crap society, it certainly does

What was that about 'tough on crime'

Makes you MAD