Re: Valuable Roman coin stolen in UK


Brian Blackwell wrote:
"Dave Hinz" <DaveHinz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 30 May 2006 12:44:40 -0700, oly <oly2059@xxxxxxx> wrote:
No, not at all. I joke a fair amount, but I seriously saw an web
article where the British police can no longer take you to jail if you
are caught red handed in a burglary and there was no aggravating
factors (like battery).

I've been trying to google that without success. I'd love to read that
article. If it's legit, it proves some of my points about trusting
criminals more than honest people and some patterns that such behavior
would show. Any idea where you saw it?


Here is an interesting editorial about the issue

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/10/31/do3102.xml&s***=/opinion/2004/10/31/ixop.html

P.S. The British police apparently hand out quite a few of something
called "Penalty Notices". Is that what they might hand out to a small
time burglar caught in the act?

oly

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