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Schoolboy investigated by police for playing football in his garden
A schoolboy has been investigated by police for playing football in his own garden in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Officers went to the 10-year-old's home after an elderly neighbour complained about the noise that the youngster was making by kicking his ball around.
They arranged an "instant restorative justice session" between the boy and the 76-year-old woman – a measure designed to show offenders the effects of their crime on the community.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
Is the whole world going mad today?
ReplyDeleteI can understand both sides in this instance. I have suffered the noise of repeated *BASH BASH BASH* of a football against a thin fence which travelled through the whole house and the repetetive noise drove me to a fit of rage. In this instance it was settled by myself saying to the kids "Kick that f**kin' ball elsewhere or you'll be wearing it up your rear end"
ReplyDeleteThe elderly neighbour had probably asked the kids to do the same but may have been told where to go. You know what it's like with kids these days. Even speaking to some parents does no good as some of them are as bad as their ferral kids.