Scandal of the Theft Charge

Just when Britain thought it had witnessed all the greed, foolishness and stupidity it could stomach in the House of Commons expense scandal, we stand amazed once more at the foolishness of our politically correct world.

The story begins with a West London filmmaker, entering a disused building to turn off an alarm after it was triggered by squatters. Unfortunately, he briefly turned on the lights to locate the alarm and was arrested and charged with dishonestly using electricity.

The 'Arch Criminal' Mark Guard was brought before Highbury Magistrates and elected to be tried by a jury, but the CPS denied him a trial choosing to drop the case for theft of electric amounting to 0.003p

Editorial

Britain has gone mad, we are besieged by real crime, people's lives destroyed by its effects, peoples homes violated and worse, people attacked, suffering serious injury or death and we appear to have a police force addicted to wasting valuable time and effort.

In this case, the police used the Theft Act, presumably because they were lost as to what else they could charge him with, and there is the clue!! They appear determined to charge him, for something and seem to lose focus on what is reasonable, what is common sense and what is in the public interest.

In a time of hardship, this case littered with wanton waste is a national disgrace. There appears to have been no safeguards in place, for no alarm bells rang with the arresting officers, presumably no alarms bells rang with the custody sergeant, apparently no alarm bells rang with the reviewing lawyer, prosecuting lawyer or CPS staff. Only once the CPS had allowed the case to be committed to the Crown Court for trial, did they drop it. Thankfully, most police and prosecuting staff possess common sense, for we would be in real dire straights if justice rested in the hands of the people involved in this case.

Last Updated: 29th August 2009