Is this for real??
'Feet-on-bench' man faces trial
A man is due to face trial after being charged with unacceptable behaviour after he allegedly put his feet up on a bench at Cambridge railway station.
Rudolph Mills, 39, denies breaching railway by-laws by soiling property and inconveniencing passengers.
He was arrested on 1 February and charged following an inquiry by British Transport Police.
Mr Mills, of Islington, London, is due to be tried by Cambridge magistrates on 17 May.
The case went to court on 3 March but was adjourned because clarification was being sought from the British Transport Police on various facts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambr...786912.stm
Can you believe this? An on-the-spot fine maybe, but going to court?
I doubt the bench was clean to start with :roll:
If this is unacceptable behaviour, what about those people who throw up in the street after a night on the booze? Or worse?
Ridiculous.
Sounds to me like some officious little jobsworth said "Oi! Get yer feet off the bench"
When the man most likely refused, he was arrested.
A likely scenario anyway.
Sounds to me like some officious little jobsworth said "Oi! Get yer feet off the bench"
When the man most likely refused, he was arrested.
A likely scenario anyway.
So he deserves to be taken to court and fined, if he was told to remove his feet and refused, why should he not be fined?
I'm not going to debate on this. Purely because it isn't worth the trouble, like the costs of "investigating" such an incident are not worth the trouble.
Fining is one thing but taking it to court with all the costs that entails is quite another.
My point is that this seems on the face of it to be a minor infraction so they really should not be wasting a disproportionate amount of money prosecuting this chap in the court system. Fine him 50 on the spot and be done with it.
that's sounds too much like here,lol
"too much trouble/hard work/cost, why bother"?
maybe there was an on the spot fine, if he refused to move his feet why on earth do you believ he'd hand over 50 quid?
Yes it is a very minor infraction, perhaps we should do away with all crime that falls below a certain moral or monetary level? No of course not, it's a law, rightly or wrong, he broke it, after being told not too I presume. There is no way the transport police simply walked upto him and carted him off! come on, this is not the US we're talking about,lol )
First offence ummmm hang the git. lol Put yea feet on the bench would yea rofl
Fining is one thing but taking it to court with all the costs that entails is quite another.
That only works if they accept the charge and pay up. If they deny the charge, you have to take them to court and get them found guilty to fine them.
They'll have to bring capital punishment back, anything less would be a travesty. mrgreen
that's sounds too much like here,lol
"too much trouble/hard work/cost, why bother"?
maybe there was an on the spot fine, if he refused to move his feet why on earth do you believ he'd hand over 50 quid?
Yes it is a very minor infraction, perhaps we should do away with all crime that falls below a certain moral or monetary level? No of course not, it's a law, rightly or wrong, he broke it, after being told not too I presume. There is no way the transport police simply walked upto him and carted him off! come on, this is not the US we're talking about,lol :)
What else is a minor infraction? Chewing gum on the train station? Wearing long earrings? Putting feet up on a bench maybe slovenly and vulgar but hardly a crime.
PS - You're making Goose change his lols to rofls.
Most of England's old and more ecentric laws are now history, although they do keep finding some.
However Railway ByLaws have an amazing ability to survive. Most date back to the 19th century and the creation of the railways. My father used to be a cop,and warned me to always be careful of rail stations and British Transport Police, who are very aware of the laws, in fact have a 'bible' full of them, and are happy to run through it fitting crimes to alleged beavior.
The sentences are often disproportionate and 'crimes' can include litter dropping, using profanity, unauthorized singing, handing out literature as well as the usual drunkeness etc.
HE IS QUILTY he didnt have a leg to stand on .
If he gets a good attorney the chances are he will walk .
Standing up for what he believes in is the first step
I quess he was cheeky to the police officer and put his foot in it
HE IS QUILTY he didnt have a leg to stand on
...but at least he was snug on that bench......
HE IS QUILTY he didnt have a leg to stand on .
If he gets a good attorney the chances are he will walk .
Standing up for what he believes in is the first step
I quess he was cheeky to the police officer and put his foot in it
What happened to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty :?: You bin here too long, John :lol:
HE IS QUILTY he didnt have a leg to stand on .
If he gets a good attorney the chances are he will walk .
Standing up for what he believes in is the first step
I quess he was cheeky to the police officer and put his foot in it
I suspect the one of the five little piggies who was sent to deal with him decided to toe the line. Looks like he was a bit of a heel.