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G6XCJ > CODGER 09.07.07 09:54l 112 Lines 4586 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Old Fogey "ASBOs"
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From: G6XCJ@GB7IMK.#43.GBR.EU
To : CODGER@WW
> I mentioned some time ago about Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs),
> which were introduced by Section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and
> first used in 1999.
>
David, where on earth do you get all this info from? Why do you feel it
necessary to inflict it all upon the rest of the packet community?
> Anti-social behaviour has a wide legal definition - to paraphrase the
> Crime and Disorder Act 1998, "it is behaviour which causes or is likely to
> cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people who are not in
> the same household as the perpetrator".
>
> Among the forms it can take are:
>
> Graffiti - which can make even the tidiest urban spaces look squalid
>
> Abusive and intimidating language, often directed at minorities
>
> Excessive noise, particularly late at night
>
> Fouling the street with litter
>
> Drunken behaviour in the streets, and the mess it creates
>
> Dealing drugs, with all the problems to which it gives rise.
>
> ASBOs aren't criminal convictions, they're orders which require persons
> to comply with certain conditions and to refrain from certain behaviour.
>
> However, if breached, they carry up to five years imprisonment - often for
> behaviour which in itself, would not normally attract a custodial
> sentence.
>
> When introduced, they were expected to be imposed upon teenagers - not
> the elderly, but that hasn't proved to be the case in some towns.
>
> Eastbourne is a seaside town on the south east coast of England with a
> population of just over 90,000. It has a high elderly population - more
> than one-in-five over the retirement age, the tenth highest ratio in the
> UK.
>
> The south-east coast of England is sometimes unkindly referred to as the
> "Costa Geriatrica" due to it being a favoured retirement location. Though
> Eastbourne is a retirement haven, the over 50s have now overtaken
> teenagers as the main recipients of ASBOs.
>
> According to the police and crown prosecution service more than 55% of all
> ASBOs in Eastbourne have been on the over 50s, of whom 70% are retired.
>
> A police spokesman said that offenders mainly come under the noisy
> neighbour category and went on to say: "Eastbourne used to be known as
> 'God's Waiting Room' but a lot of these old people aren't waiting around -
> they're up and about and causing trouble. It's often that they're set in
> their ways and refuse to change".
>
> The most recent ASBO was imposed upon Richard Stofer, 63, who has a
> history of "flashing" and was given a five-year ASBO in 2005 banning him
> from exposing himself in public.
>
> He was given a final warning by judge Cedric Joseph at Hove Crown Court
> earlier this year after being caught lying naked in his neighbour's garden
> while she was out.
>
> Police were called after another neighbour's children saw him lying on
> his front from an upstairs window. Officers who peered over a hedge
> spotted him in the garden. Stofer claimed he went into the garden because
> his own lawn was in the shade.
>
> The Prosecutor said Stofer had previous convictions for sunbathing naked
> and exposing himself on the beach wearing only a see-through ladies' thong
> in 2004.
>
> The mind boggles!
>
> He was also convicted for stripping off in his front garden. Stofer
> and admitted breaking the ban by exposing his bits in public.
>
> His solicitor said "Stofer only went into the neighbour's garden to
> sunbathe when his own became overshadowed. He didn't know he was being
> observed but accepts he should have checked properly to see if he could
> be seen by others."
>
> He was given a five-month prison sentence suspended for two years and
> was also banned from going into the neighbour's garden for two years.
>
> Oh well, it's nice to know that in these troubled times there's a little
> corner of England where all the populace need to worry themselves about is
> scantily clad old fogey sun worshippers who are now the subject of a tan
> ban.
Well its been unlawful for many years to my knowledge.
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