May 2008 06

A tale of two crimes2

ClownsThe front page of the Metro newspaper today reveals that police guidance instructs rank and file police not to register car vandalism as a crime.  In sharp contrast, Gwynneth Lester is fleeing the country because she faces arrest over £1,200 of unpaid Council Tax.  According to local newspapers, the 59-year-old disabled war widow was due to be arrested last Monday but the police failed to turn up, giving her enough time to escape.

This wouldn’t be the first time Mrs Lester had been persecuted by the authorities.  She spent 28 days in jail last year for not paying the tax.  She made the stand after being burgled eight times in two years. 

What sort of country is it where the government and police crack down harder on a disabled pensioner than those who commit vandalism?  Are the government’s priorities that skewed that crimes against the state are more ‘serious’ than crimes against the person or property?  What a nation…

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  • http://www.freewebs.com/independentviews Dr Elsayed Selim

    This country have deteriorated a lot since I arrived here in 1976. Increasingly, thugs have taken over both central and local governmen. They have turned Britain into a Chicago of the 1930s.
    The way the ruling thugs treat our senior citizens is cowardly. Their turning a blind eye to the many child murders is callous. Their general attitude to public is contemptuous.
    I can not believe that a country of 60 million do not have a number of decent, honest and conscientious citizens who can replace the incumbunt gang and give the British people the service then deserve and want.

  • Steve Robson

    This proves the TPA support TAX EVASION.
    And this Dr Selim is talking about what? Who ignores child murders? Yeah Britain was just great in 1976 wasn’t it. Everyone knew their place and 75% of the population died of boredom. Can’t you people get the FACT THAT IT’S MUCH BETTER NOW!