Was it my multi-blogged moan that un-locked my new blog http://sequels-and-trilogies.
I know that blogger took the full 20 days to un-lock a blog of a friend of mine. Now his block WAS highly political but there should be no difference.
Perhaps it was my genuine threat to move to wordpress?
Who knows?
Thank You blogger for acting quickly
Bob de Bilde
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Was it my multi-blogged moan?
COPS WASTE CASH ON FISH TRIAL
Costly... the three goldfish were worth £2.30 each, or just £7 in total
Accused 'Fish-Killer'... Chantelle Amies.BUNGLING cops have wasted thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money after the trial of a teen accused of killing three GOLDFISH worth just £7 collapsed.
Hundreds of man-hours were also lost investigating the crime and today the legal fiasco was blasted as "bizarre" and a total waste of money.
Chantelle Amies, 19, was charged with criminal damage after her next-door neighbour's three chocolate goldfish died. Amies, of Norwich, was accused of poisoning the fish using bleach after a bitter dispute.
The shocked teenager denied killing the beloved pets and was hauled before magistrates yesterday.
But chairman of the bench, Mary-Anne Massey, decided there was no case to answer after being told blundering police failed to send crucial evidence away for tests because they would cost too much money.
The average magistrates trial is estimated to cost at least £2,000.
But this was the third time the case had been listed in court requiring parties to be present, meaning the final bill could be much higher.
Furious Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers Alliance, slammed the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for taking the case to court.
He said: "Regardless of the type of offence being alleged, it is wasteful and unjust to bring a case all the way to court without sufficient evidence.
"The CPS is meant to filter out cases that are too weak to secure a conviction, so it is bizarre that this case got so far."
He stressed: "Given that there are plenty of stronger cases that never get fully pursued, the CPS need to work harder at securing good value."
A serving Norwich magistrate, who did not wish to be named, insisted: "It's frustrating when the court system falls down because of basic errors made at the source which mean everyone's time is wasted and taxpayers have to foot the bill.
"It begs the question why on earth it got to court in the first place if the evidence was not sorted out."
The court had heard how Amies allegedly put bleach in the goldfish bowl, which belonged to a neighbours four-year-old son, on September 12 last year.
Susanna Chowdhury, prosecuting, said Amies fingerprints had been found on a bottle of bleach in the house and on the fish tank.
But the court was told that although water in the fish tank had been taken by police they had not sent it away for analysis.
Therefore, Philip Farr, defending, said they could not prove there had been bleach in the tank or whether the fish had been killed by bleach.
A CPS spokeswoman refused to say how much the entire saga had cost.
She said: "We obviously felt in this case that we had enough evidence for a conviction and that it was in the public interest to bring this case to court.
"However, we respect the decision made by the magistrates in dismissing this case."
Norfolk Police today refused to comment on the shambles.
The shocked teenager denied killing the beloved pets and was hauled before magistrates yesterday.
But chairman of the bench, Mary-Anne Massey, decided there was no case to answer after being told blundering police failed to send crucial evidence away for tests because they would cost too much money.
The average magistrates trial is estimated to cost at least £2,000.
But this was the third time the case had been listed in court requiring parties to be present, meaning the final bill could be much higher.
Furious Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers Alliance, slammed the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for taking the case to court.
He said: "Regardless of the type of offence being alleged, it is wasteful and unjust to bring a case all the way to court without sufficient evidence.
"The CPS is meant to filter out cases that are too weak to secure a conviction, so it is bizarre that this case got so far."
He stressed: "Given that there are plenty of stronger cases that never get fully pursued, the CPS need to work harder at securing good value."
A serving Norwich magistrate, who did not wish to be named, insisted: "It's frustrating when the court system falls down because of basic errors made at the source which mean everyone's time is wasted and taxpayers have to foot the bill.
"It begs the question why on earth it got to court in the first place if the evidence was not sorted out."
The court had heard how Amies allegedly put bleach in the goldfish bowl, which belonged to a neighbours four-year-old son, on September 12 last year.
Susanna Chowdhury, prosecuting, said Amies fingerprints had been found on a bottle of bleach in the house and on the fish tank.
But the court was told that although water in the fish tank had been taken by police they had not sent it away for analysis.
Therefore, Philip Farr, defending, said they could not prove there had been bleach in the tank or whether the fish had been killed by bleach.
A CPS spokeswoman refused to say how much the entire saga had cost.
She said: "We obviously felt in this case that we had enough evidence for a conviction and that it was in the public interest to bring this case to court.
"However, we respect the decision made by the magistrates in dismissing this case."
Norfolk Police today refused to comment on the shambles.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Bob de Bilde gets his 15 minutes of fame...
on IS A C*NT...
http://isacunt.blogspot.com/
Thanks to GOT & the crew
My Disgust at Blogger
Blogger has marked one of my blogs (Prequels, Sequels & Trilogies) as spam...
It will be deleted within 20 days if I do not lodge a review
WTF Blogger... I am seriously considering moving all my blogs to the more versatile Wordpress !
I am reposting this on ALL my other open blogs using the sidewikibar thingy!!!
Saturday, 23 January 2010
'Bungling police went to wrong pawnbroker'
A WOMAN who had her jewellery stolen claims the police bungled the investigation by going to the wrong pawnbroker to recover the items.Viv Ellis, of St Andrews Road, Hanwell, noticed her jewellery, which had been given to her by her grandmother, had been stolen just after the Easter weekend.
After the items were found to be on display in two Hounslow High Street pawnbrokers, the 42-year-old claims she discovered months later that only one store was visited after cops believed the pawnbroker was a single shop with two entrances a few metres apart.
Ms Ellis, a freelance TV producer, said: "I can't believe supposedly trained detectives can make such a mistake; I don't even know if my jewellery is still in the shop. I visited the shops and told the police immediately but they refused to believe me.
"I was reduced to tears on more than one occasion and although the jewellery is not worth a fortune, it has huge sentimental value. My grandmother was wonderful and I adored her and she gave me a beautiful pendant not long before she died. Now it's all gone forever because of the police's incompetence."
Sergeant Phil Norcutt of Ealing Borough Police, said: "Our Professional Standards Unit in Ealing Borough will look into every official complaint if such is received and will arrange a liaison with the party involved in due course"
A spokesman from H&T Pawnbrokers, one of the stores where the stolen jewellery was traced to, said: "Typically stolen goods are a very rare problem. We take the ID of all our customers, we record all transactions, take CCTV recordings, and have a good relationship with the police so in the event of any problems, they can come and ask us if anything has happened.
"We have a policy where we hold the goods for at least 28 days so they can be examined and we can track the transaction process to provide complete protection and ensure everything is above board.
"There is no legal requirement and individual operators have different policies but we thoroughly check good and don't dispose of them immediately."
Friday, 8 January 2010
Possession is Nine Points of the law...
Nine Pints of the Law by Lawson Wood
The desk officer using the telephone is Ford Sterling. The policeman directly behind Sterling (in extreme background, left) is Edgar Kennedy. The hefty policeman at extreme right is Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. The young constable with bulging eyes, fourth from right, is Arbuckle's nephew Al St. John. The casting of the Keystone police force changed from one film to the next; many of the individual members were per diem actors who remain unidentifiable.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Constable Savage...
A Sketch from 1981, on NOT THE NINE OCLOCK NEWS.
A parody or caracature?
or a broadside into the true plod?
A parody or caracature?
or a broadside into the true plod?
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