"Janet" wrote in message
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In article ,
lid says...

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:35:00 -0000, "Charlie Pridham"
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"Janet" wrote in message
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In article ,
lid says...

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:30:30 -0000, "Charlie Pridham"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:07:00 -0000, "Bill Grey"
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"shazzbat" wrote in message
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NO I will not pay up. Never. Thats the point, I consider
myself
innocent.



And so do I. I would refuse to pay the fixed penalty, and insist
on
going
to court. Make sure you let the plod know that you consider
their
actions
outrageous and unacceptable, especially if they are taking no
action
against the intruder. They will almost certainly get the
wobbles,
and
settle for sending you a "don't do it again" letter. Attack is
always
the
best form of defence.


Thre trespasser hasn't committed a crime, his offence is a civil
offence
and is of no interest to the police.

So why do Sheffield police send somebody fast if you report an
intruder in your garden?
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Martin

Because of the crime he may be about to commit?

Yes. they have a proactive policy of preventing crime. There are
plenty of things an intruder can be charged with.

Can you give an example?

Janet

Peeping Tom?

There would have to be someone at home, to be peeped. Proving a charge
is much harder. Tom only needs to say " I thought I heard someone calling
for help".

Cases where the person caught left his finger prints in the previous
houses he broke into.

That does not make him guilty of crime for being in another garden.

Loitering with intent to commit a crime
Criminal damage.

Those would require some degree of evidence of crime. Just "being in
someone's garden", is not an offence.

Janet


The police were notified three times that this place was being wrecked, but
they didn't want to know.

http://www.myalbum.com/Album-GJXNA7W...-of-Other.html

Of course had the place been wrecked by a speeding car, the Police would
have been there like a shot.

Mike

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Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive.

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