SiDHEaD

And let's face it, this geezer is easier to catch than a burglar or rapist. No need to bother with them.

Good job he's not in a car he'd get busted even quicker.

Andy

[Edited by SiDHEaD - 12/2/2003 7:02:50 AM]

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

edited cos I just reread the last post

[Edited by Wurzel - 12/2/2003 11:14:43 AM]

imlach

link

Why don't they let this guy get on with it. Is he harming anyone? Anyone that is prepared to brave lashing rain in the scud should just be left to get on with it.

Waste of police resources....

fatherpierre

It's not the police's fault, but the law's.

The police merely uphold the law. The law says indecent exposure is illegal so the police arrest him.

Your question should be: 'Why is the law so ****'.

imlach

Oh dear, I know where we could go with this one.......

47 NAT

What a fruitcake

fatherpierre

You posted the poor question, not me. The police react merely to the law of the land.

Fruitcake? Explain

47 NAT

Are we reading the same link?

Redkop

I agree with Nat...

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Some things are inexplicable.
Why is it perfectly OK for a bloke to show nipples, but not for a woman/girl?

Why is it NOT OK to show genitals?

Why can you say "suck" and "muck" but not "****"?

And why can you say "hunt" but not "****"?

The last two CAN'T be because of what they refer to, as it IS OK to use other terms for the same things

Who decides these things, and why?

Alcazar

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

FP yes indescent exposure is against the law but there is no law about being naked, to be done for indescent exposure a blokes dick has to be hard or in a women the inside of her downstairs bits must be visible. If she is standing there just naked no offence is being commited.

47 NAT

I guess it is the same link we're all reading from then!

You dont think its strange that a man wants to wonder from one end of the country to the other? Personally and I dont think I'm alone but dont you find that just a tad peculiar? .... very odd imo

Jye

The 'p***ce' (ha!) turn a blind eye when it suits them. I have seen them driving by loads of vandals, graffiti 'artists' and yobbo's just cos they have something more 'important' to do, like catch speeding motorists or watch David Blaine.......... Grrrrrr..

pugoetru

where is the law that says you must wear clothing at all times ?

BuRR

He's been locked up for causing a breach of the peace - not indecent exposure.

I reckon the police switchboards will have been jammed by motorists phoning up about the guy as they drove by him

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

So Burr what constitutes a breach of the peace?????

Walking a criminal offence now is it?

Where as smashing up cars and trashing phone boxes in the middle of the night isn't !!

Butkus

Every night on television there are programmes and films that contain terrible violence towards others - cold blooded murder, people being shot with machine guns, people being stabbed, people being beaten etc.. apparently it's entertainment and totally acceptable. Children don't even flinch at the sight of someone being shot to death.

A man walking around naked however - now that's offensive.

But hey, that's how it should be right? We're civilised beings remember.

BuRR

Hey - I didn't decide to lock him up, did I????

I was just stating what it said on the report. Go shoot the person making the arrest, and not the messenger

Felix.

Wurzel

I don't think he was arrested for breach of the peace which is basically - 'Harm is done or likely to be done to a person or a person's property in their presence'. He would have been locked up for indecent exposure contrary to the vagrancy act, charged with that offence, went to court and the court gave him a bind over to keep the peace.

Yes it is an offence, so is criminal damage to cars. If the guilty parties of these crimes are in the area they will be arrested.

Bare in mind some offences are called 'complete offences' such as this - where officers turn up, the blokes naked in public and so gets locked up. Other offences such as criminal damage need proof to charge an offender to court. Not the police's fault but it is the way the law is set.

BuRR

Don't forget he's still in Scotland. The Scottish laws are slightly different to England's.

The news report stated he.....

denied committing a breach of the peace in Evanton, Ross-shire and breaching existing bail conditions.

He was remanded in custody until his trial on 7 January.

Gough was given a three month prison sentence on Friday after being found guilty of breach of the peace by walking naked on Cromarty Bridge in Ross-shire.

However, he was released because of the time he had already spent in custody.


**Edited to correct my mistake in the first paragraph**[/b]

[Edited by BuRR - 12/2/2003 9:40:55 PM]

mart360

he was arrested because the sheep on the highlands felt threatened!!!

one sheep reprtedly said,,, "Dont look ethel!!!!!" the rest said

"BAAAH"

wait for the farmer to sue for distress!!


lol


mart

BMWhere?

Theres a bloke in Frankfurt, affectionately known by the locals as the Naked man of Saxenhausen (a district in Frankfurt) who just wanders around the city completely starkers and nobody ever complains 'cos he's not harming anyone!

I saw him once when it was lashing it down. I got soaked to the skin and it took hours for my clothes to dry once I found shelter. No clothes = no problem! Who's the crazy one there then?

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

That is because Mary Whitehouse never lived in Germany and the Germans have more savvy when it comes to things taht aren't really that important, just check out the mixed naked saunas here!!!!

BMWhere?

Mmmm... mixed naked saunas... thanks Wurzel, you've given me an idea for a "relaxing" Sunday

mj

LMFAO@Mart360