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December 07, 2003
Self defence? Guilty your honour!
Another story that has got my hackles up today, is the case of an old soldier - a former paratrooper - whose life has been made miserable over several years by a group of uncontrollable yobs who have targetted him, his home and his family. This is a man who has fought for his country, serving a number of theatres on behalf of this nation's "freedom", and now he can expect the full force of the law to bear down upon him.
Why? Because he dared to apprehend one of the gang that has made his life hell over an extended period. Was he commended by the police? Don't make me laugh! He was threatened with CS gas and then cautioned for affray! Who had called the police to the scene? He had. Why had he grabbed this little toerag? Because our stunningly efficient police force had failed to respond effectively to a single call out in more than 30 instances. That's right 30. All within the space of 4 months. Had any of the youths been charged with affray, breaking and entering, assault, criminal damage or any of the many other things they could have been charged with? Of course not.
This has been ongoing for some four years, intensifying in the last few months. In that time these yobs have slashed the victim's car tyres, smashed his windows, torn down his fence, set fire to his front door, threatened his family in the street, thrown eggs and other offensive objects at his home, beaten up his son and threatened to storm his house and "get" him. Sum total of police activity? One youth received a "reprimand" from a police sergeant after the assault. Some deterrent!
The Police and the Crown Prosecution Service have demonstrated once again that the law has been turned on its head. They are now there to protect the criminals right to take what they like, destroy property and attack and intimidate the law abiding public. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a fool's paradise. Yet, it isn't all the police's fault. They are now so bound up in well meaning rules of engagement that it is easier to charge the law abiding citizen with defending himself unreasonably than it is to make something stick to the street-wise criminal youth whose social worker and self appointed (and State funded) lawyer will be there before you can even sneeze to defend him/her. The victim rapidly becomes the offender - it's much easier - they usually haven't got a lawyer in their mobile phone list and don't know their rights anyway!
Another top score to Mr Blair and his friends and cronies in the law society. Presumably all of these yobs are below the age of "responsibilty" - deemed it seems by the legal profession as anything under 65 if you are "deprived".
If this is the left's idea of a civilised society, bring back the Vikings. They knew how to deal with these idiots.
Posted by The Gray Monk at December 7, 2003 05:12 PM