Originally Posted by webglynne (Post 781153)

Can the police be “done” for wasting police time?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245261/Trial-deaths-GOLDFISH-collapses-police-evidence-blunder-costs-taxpayer-thousands.html

Originally Posted by wadey (Post 781228)

It's the CPS who decide what goes to Court it is nothing to do with the Police

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 781357)

One sensible policeman decided that our money should not be used to investigate the death of some goldfish.

That sounds very rational to me.

The ones who wasted the police time and our money are the Crown Prosecution Service

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 781444)

Amen to that Margaret

Originally Posted by katex (Post 781517)

This woman (although .. ok, not proved guilty or anything) does sound a bit scary ... wouldn't like her to make me a cocktail if I had crossed her... :eek:

Smacks of Fatal Attraction. :D

Originally Posted by mattylad (Post 781509)

Anyone arrested gets their fingerprints (and DNA) taken as a matter of procedure.

Someone should have looked at this & said "WHOA!, stop whats happening & consider a warning etc".

Just preparing a case for this will have cost loads more than the fish were worth.
There has to be some common sense used when prosecuting someone & there are other ways of dealing with such petty crimes.

Originally Posted by webglynne (Post 781607)

A word from a police officer could have done in this case. Anyone know who the fish belonged to or why she had access? More to this than meets the eye?

Edit! I wrote meats.

Originally Posted by GypoDec (Post 781766)

The police basically do as they please and no-one can challenge them lol,... or so they think.

Was out tonyt and got stopped and searched SEVEN times whilst walking less than half a mile from the kings arms to the spread eagle.

Eventually got fed up and kicked up a fuss which ended up with my dad turning up lol. Harrassment is what it is, because they had no right to stop me so many times.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 781816)

All depends what you were doing :confused:

Originally Posted by Benipete (Post 781897)

Walking from the Kings Arms to the Spread Eagle is reason enough in my book.:mosher::D:D

Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 783592)

would have thought 23 years without promotion should have raised one or two red flags

BBC News - Greater Manchester Pc jailed for conducting weddings

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 783598)

would have thought a fine n dismissal would be plenty severe enough?:confused: seems ya can commit far more serious crimes in my eyes n get community service/ suspended sentence etc, thats my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by Benipete (Post 783612)

But he was stealing from the tax payer and no one is allowed to do that :rolleyes:and get away with it.:confused:

Or are they?:D:D