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No ASBO for psycho dad?

posted 10 years ago by beersandshots
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It seems like he's the kind of person these things are made for, and a whole lot of grief could have been avoided.

"In a time of universal deceit,
telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
George Orwell

[–] Unicorn-9 9 years ago

Yeah, even for the British police, this would be extreme incompetence.

[–] svenrufus 9 years ago

They made out that the police couldn't prosecute without Rick pressing charges, but I don't think that's the case - I think that they would be obliged to press charges for GBH or violent affray or something.

That said, I guess even if they were going ahead with prosecution, it wouldn't have happened within the timeframe of the film. That sort of thing can take months to see through. The question is then would he have been released on bail? I would think so, in which case him being back home is credible I reckon.

[–] Prismark10 9 years ago

The violent dad was the cause a lot of this bother and should had been arrested for the first assault.

Its that man again!!

[–] buzios 9 years ago

Sadly this sort of thing with troublesome neighbours is all to common and there is very little the police can do. A sign of our times.

[–] Zombie55 8 years ago

Also, at one point, why were his daughters glad when he was arrested and taken away by police?

[–] KBiker (764) 4 years ago

ASBO? I had to look it up (antisocial behaviour order), which, it seems from the description given, is peculiar to the UK. It sounds like it's about as effective as restraining orders are (not very) in the US.