Thanks local plod

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:11 am

Homeless man jailed for urinating on on a war memorial and scratching the word 'p***' into granite surrounding | Mail Online

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:20 am

Did you notice any inaccuracies in the report?

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:57 am

inaccuracies?

In The Mail?

Go on!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:02 am

spot;1398615 wrote: Did you notice any inaccuracies in the report?

I've been on the phone to them abut It.

'Cuffing' did not occur.... grabbing collar Is not cuffing.

Common Assault Is not Assault....

I shall expect damages.

Frankly, I'm at a loss as to why It made the Daily Mail and why I had to be mentioned.... even what my Grandfather has to with It.

I am however more than thrilled that my local police are more than vigilant on the Memorial since 2008 and now act on any nonsense. but then, we have some decent officers now.

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:09 am

The Post had the same phrasing.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:26 am

spot;1398625 wrote: The Post had the same phrasing.

I hadn't seen any of the Posts reporting but have just been on line and read them.

Once again, we have a situation where the local paper libels you and the Mail just re-prints the story. I don't blame the Daily Mail, I blame the source... who WILL be answerable In the morning.

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:29 am

A letter to the Press Complaints Commission tonight would stop it from just disappearing.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:31 am

spot;1398630 wrote: A letter to the Press Complaints Commission tonight would stop it from just disappearing. Thanks for the tip... hadn't thought of that... Just copied the article and saved to documents....

You'd think they'd have learnt their lesson with me last time.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:20 pm

For what It's worth, I find the sentence excessive.

I am sure they were just at a loss as to how to make a homeless man pay a fine or do some community service.

What he did was no worse If less worse than what the youths were responsible for In 2008. That was shown to the judge In photographic evidence.

Prior to that, we had wreaths damaged and urinating on the cross and gardens was common place.

When the council address the fact that there Is no public toilet for miles at night, It may stop happening.

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:37 pm

oscar;1398633 wrote: When the council address the fact that there Is no public toilet for miles at night, It may stop happening.
If you didn't surround the damn thing with bushes it might look less like a pissoir and more like a public monument.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:28 am

spot;1398642 wrote: If you didn't surround the damn thing with bushes it might look less like a pissoir and more like a public monument.

About a year ago, the Tory Councillor for the area asked me how I felt about removing those bushes. I told him, I'd be more than happy.

Not only does It attract people late at night to urinate there for lack of open public toilets, when plod drives past In the squad cars, those up to no good just duck behind the bushes. I can see no need for them what so ever.

I will mention It when I see them next.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:47 am

oscar;1398623 wrote: I've been on the phone to them abut It.

'Cuffing' did not occur.... grabbing collar Is not cuffing.

Common Assault Is not Assault....

I shall expect damages.

Frankly, I'm at a loss as to why It made the Daily Mail and why I had to be mentioned.... even what my Grandfather has to with It.

I am however more than thrilled that my local police are more than vigilant on the Memorial since 2008 and now act on any nonsense. but then, we have some decent officers now.
You are [name moderator-deleted for privacy to prevent search engine correlation]? The picture of the monument & the houses beyond is so pretty.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:04 pm

AnneBoleyn;1398658 wrote: The picture of the monument & the houses beyond is so pretty.
Good lord... it's like the suburbs of Dante's Inferno. What on earth are you comparing it to?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:08 pm

spot;1398661 wrote: Good lord... it's like the suburbs of Dante's Inferno. What on earth are you comparing it to?

I had to laugh at the 'pretty ' description from Anne:wah:

I won't say what I think of that part of the village In case some wrath filled villager see's my post.

I live down the main road and round the corner thankfully ( at times )

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:09 pm

AnneBoleyn;1398658 wrote: You are [name moderator-deleted for privacy to prevent search engine correlation]? The picture of the monument & the houses beyond is so pretty.

Yes, I am that person referred to In the Daily Mail article.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:12 pm

spot;1398661 wrote: Good lord... it's like the suburbs of Dante's Inferno. What on earth are you comparing it to?
*I* think it's quaint.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:14 pm

oscar, apologize for using name on forum.

please forgive. :yh_pray

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:16 pm

AnneBoleyn;1398666 wrote: *I* think it's quaint. To be fair, when the memorial gardens are In full bloom, It Is very pretty.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:16 pm

AnneBoleyn;1398667 wrote: oscar, apologize for using name on forum.

please forgive. :yh_pray No problem at all...

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:17 pm

One thing I couldn't help but notice when I lived & visited Europe. None of your so-called 'bad' neighborhoods are anything like ours. When it comes to slums, we got you beat.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:17 pm

AnneBoleyn;1398666 wrote: *I* think it's quaint.

In that the area's inhabited by the descendants of manure-shovelling medieval serfs, you've hit it bang on the nail. Maybe quaint is another transAtlantic oddword.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:21 pm

I'm just a sucker for England. I'm an anglophile, dontcha know.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:24 pm

Actually, I can make a point here...

If you look at the benches In the photo In the Daily Mail pic, you'll see most have slats missing.

For 10 years, the Chairman of the local British Legion would walk Into the local cop shop ( before It was shut ) and say ' Another one gone'.

All had systematically been kicked out by the local yooooof over generations.

The upsetting part was that these benches were originally supplied by relatives of the war dead.... no one seemed to get that point.

A man gets prison for urinating on the memorial which Is easily remedied by rain or a bucket of soapy water.

10 years of systematic vandalism to the memorial ( I witnessed much of It ) saw no arrests and no prosecutions. That's the reason why when I was arrested, the war Vets were up In arms. Their plea's to the police to act fell on deaf ears for years.

The damage to the Gardens In 2008 took a year to recover from.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:28 pm

spot;1398671 wrote: In that the area's inhabited by the descendants of manure-shovelling medieval serfs, you've hit it bang on the nail. Maybe quaint is another transAtlantic oddword.

There's worse.... Pucklechurch for eg.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:21 pm

oscar;1398675 wrote: There's worse.... Pucklechurch for eg.

They're still shovelling in Pucklechurch.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:57 pm

I've seen some movies set in parts of Glasgow that look pretty rough.

Post by **spot** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:24 am

SnoozeAgain;1398684 wrote: I've seen some movies set in parts of Glasgow that look pretty rough.

Glasgow was Europe's City Of Culture recently, you know. Maybe you're thinking of across the city in Gorbals.

Pucklechurch, by contrast, is a Neanderthal encampment which never finished Agriculture 101.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:55 am

spot;1398695 wrote:

Pucklechurch, by contrast, is a Neanderthal encampment which never finished Agriculture 101.

I try my best to avoid It at all costs along with that cesspit Cadbury Heath.

Post by **spot** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:04 pm

And Yate, don't forget Yate.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:05 pm

spot;1398733 wrote: And Yate, don't forget Yate. Much to my disgust, I am forced to go there once a week to the Fire Station for my stop smoking weigh In. Another place best avoided at all costs Including the Magistrates Court......

Thankfully my lawyer Is In Clifton...... such a better class of folk.

Post by **spot** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:12 am

oscar;1398743 wrote: Much to my disgust, I am forced to go there once a week to the Fire Station for my stop smoking weigh In.
I shall treasure the image of you being regularly hosed down by the local brawn, much like a fired haystack.