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[HorseRacingKing]

Pah, you've been watching The Bill again.

What you mean? not long ago me and rick was in Gatwick playing fruits bloke comes up and checks us out and he had a right pop at me when i said no i havent been i ntrouble with police before, " why are u lieng, thats a serious offence" etc

[harry2]

When you give your name and address I believe they check against the national database for outstanding warrants etc and you need to provide your date of birth. Mess them around and you're getting nicked, Being contrite might get you off with a warning.Some donkey on Road Wars gave his name as Timothy White and the old bill couldn't stop laughing.

[mr lugsy]

slightly off but so what.
i was about 14 ,a few of us were stopped by babylon for normal ,run of the mill,boisterous,peer pressure related ,clowning about(kicking a ball against a garage door).
our names were to be taken as routine dictated.when the nice policeman got to me and i told him my name was Sherlock(truth) his demeanour took a sour detour,"i suppose you think that's funny you stupid little boy,how would you like a ride home in my police car"? thankfully i avoided the ride of shame .i sure am glad my name's not hugh jass, mike hunt or jason swinburn.


another time not so far in the distant past ,only about 12 or 13 years ago actually,i was carrying a portable t.v and a ps1 along the street(as you do)to play a bit of doom death match round my brothers ,a police car pulled up and out stepped a freshfaced noob-o-copper .he preceded to insinuate that my wares were not a 100 percent legit and was baffled by my chatter of doom link-up,then he asked me my name ,lol, skipping my christian name purposefully for added dramatic effect ,i dropped the Sherlock bomb to his absolute bemusement,his face was a picture of sullen defeat when he radioed me in,i started to walk away and he said to wait a minute , i looked over my shoulder and said "it's o.k there's no warrants out for me "i pulled down the brim on my stetson and victoriously strode on(pulled down my nike baseball cap and struggled on with the telly and ps1)

[milk monitor]

£130 fine? That's a bit harsh isn't it?

It's only a natural human waste product, as long as you're considerate as to where you piss I think it's an outrage getting fined. Public order offences my arse. I bet there were loads of people acting boistrously and being threatening and you were quitly taking a whizziwig up an alley and got collared.

What do they do? Arrest you, take you back to a squad car, take down your particulars and send you the fine through the post?

Can you not refuse to give your name and address on ground of human rights? What's the SP on this one? Con on legal boffins, help us out here.

I think it outrageous enough that you have to pay 20p for a wee in the toilets at Birmingham New Street Station. That was when there was an unchipped Power 5 in the pub there. Twenty pence for a wee. Whatever next? Charging people for shedding skin cells? If you have psoriasis you may be entitled to a discount, but even so, it's a pricey business.

In 2034 will it be illegal to breath without a permit?

Is it an on the spot, PAY UP NOW OR ELSE fine, where us poor slotters would get skanked as we carry around about £1k on us at least at all times.

£130 does seem expensive, especially for 5 years ago. The fact that I wrote a letter to the courts telling them to deal with it in my absence might not have helped. I couldn't drive at the time and the court was a way from my home to office route.

Another reason for my not attending was the fact that I didn't feel that I would be able to defend myself as the first time I knew about it was when the summons came through, six months after the offence. I was unaware of the exact location of the incident and how I was identified. Just decided to put it down to experience.

I did notice a later that Paul Radcliff committed the same offence in broad day light, with a few hundred thousand eye witnesses and to a television audience in excess of 20 million and received no punishment.

Which seems like inconsistent policing to me.