Do you believe the police have the right to arrest a garden gnome in a mans front garden?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornw.
Answers:
Mine was cautioned by the Elf and Safety Executive.
Depends, was the gnome trespassing?
course they can if it broke the law
No I don't. I will write to the Gnome Office.
I believe it's the dog that is causing the problems. The gnome is innocent.
man if thats the worst they have to worry about,,,
"Shoot first, ask question later"
Regards
Chief constable Ichi
Absolutely not especially if he has no gnome to go to!
Have just read the article, poor wee mite, he totally looks stunned into silence. And him just ligthing up every ones life.
Yes, slap a asbo on it
If the gnome was exposing it self, sure.
If the gnome is causing a public nuisance, or its presence may lead to a breach of the peace, the police can remove it. If you take the p*ss out of the police, expect to have your gnomes removed.
If the garden gnome was doing something illegal, then sure, the police can arrest him. Bad evil little gnomes. . . . However, the garden gnome in this story wasn't arrested, the man who owned the gnome was served with papers to get rid of it.
I thik the neighbours need to grow up and stop harrassing the bloke with the gnome.
i do now..
I read this story in the newspaper yesterday too.
Totally unbelieveable and more concerningly the police appear to have "taken sides" in the dispute. Surely nobody in their right mind would claim the gnome was harressing him.
Me thinks that there be a connection with this case and the fact that the complainer was ex police himself!
All I can say is thank god I dont live next door to the unpleasant little man! (house owner not the gnome.he looked cute!)
You would think that the police would have better things to do with their time... This just plain stupid.... Let the guy alone and tell his neighbour to get a life......
Yes and slap it with an asbo for disturbing the peace by having a wee flashing light at the end of a driveway! Yet again the totally nuts PC brigade waste our money and resources on stupid things!
Before I answer this, I have to take a dump by the gnome in my grandmothers front yard. she thinks the statue is dumping on her lawn and is talking to a shrink about it. he he he he he he he he he he...
They have the POWER to arrest anything. Whether they have the RIGHT is a different question all together.
If the BBC has reported the full facts then the Police are way out of order here. This is a civil matter which neighbours should sort out among themselves. I suspect the Police will back down on this one.
Don't be silly!
Yes if law is broken.
This is just a fine example of people who have nothing else to do but blame other people for their own mishap. I have never heard anything so absurd. Its private property, he can do what he wants, if its not affecting anyone else or any animal or wildlife then its questionable what effect a lump of clay is having on his property if any at all !
If its breaking the law than the law is crap, just like the law on people using mobile phones while driving , it doesn't work and its a waste of peoples time and money !
If the guys property isn't selling then its got sod all to do with what next door has in his garden, why don't you get the people from changing rooms to sort out his house before suggesting Alan partridge should visit and sort out the gnome ! Duh !
what is this country coming to , i wonder ?!?!
the bloke with the gnome might as well say " your wallpaper clashes with my flowers & gnome, can you redecor your whole house so it fits in with my begonias" see what he says then.
; - )
Probably not, but it's a very good idea. I'd put them all behind bars - in those dreadful theme pubs!
did theyn have" concrete" evidence
no they should Be arresting real criminals or are they so afraid that they have to arrest gnomes
Depends if it's fishing without a licence.
No, obviously, they have nothing better to do.
Not "NO",but "hell NO!" They're as out of control over there as the gov't. is over here! I say ,"Get the hell outta people's private affairs or we're gonna have another freakin' tea party!".
If the gnome in question is breaking the law then I do not see why not
Cornishmen tried and executed a monkey, thinking it was a Frenchman. It is a smilar type of ignorance.
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Answers:
Mine was cautioned by the Elf and Safety Executive.
Depends, was the gnome trespassing?
course they can if it broke the law
No I don't. I will write to the Gnome Office.
I believe it's the dog that is causing the problems. The gnome is innocent.
man if thats the worst they have to worry about,,,
"Shoot first, ask question later"
Regards
Chief constable Ichi
Absolutely not especially if he has no gnome to go to!
Have just read the article, poor wee mite, he totally looks stunned into silence. And him just ligthing up every ones life.
Yes, slap a asbo on it
If the gnome was exposing it self, sure.
If the gnome is causing a public nuisance, or its presence may lead to a breach of the peace, the police can remove it. If you take the p*ss out of the police, expect to have your gnomes removed.
If the garden gnome was doing something illegal, then sure, the police can arrest him. Bad evil little gnomes. . . . However, the garden gnome in this story wasn't arrested, the man who owned the gnome was served with papers to get rid of it.
I thik the neighbours need to grow up and stop harrassing the bloke with the gnome.
i do now..
I read this story in the newspaper yesterday too.
Totally unbelieveable and more concerningly the police appear to have "taken sides" in the dispute. Surely nobody in their right mind would claim the gnome was harressing him.
Me thinks that there be a connection with this case and the fact that the complainer was ex police himself!
All I can say is thank god I dont live next door to the unpleasant little man! (house owner not the gnome.he looked cute!)
You would think that the police would have better things to do with their time... This just plain stupid.... Let the guy alone and tell his neighbour to get a life......
Yes and slap it with an asbo for disturbing the peace by having a wee flashing light at the end of a driveway! Yet again the totally nuts PC brigade waste our money and resources on stupid things!
Before I answer this, I have to take a dump by the gnome in my grandmothers front yard. she thinks the statue is dumping on her lawn and is talking to a shrink about it. he he he he he he he he he he...
They have the POWER to arrest anything. Whether they have the RIGHT is a different question all together.
If the BBC has reported the full facts then the Police are way out of order here. This is a civil matter which neighbours should sort out among themselves. I suspect the Police will back down on this one.
Don't be silly!
Yes if law is broken.
This is just a fine example of people who have nothing else to do but blame other people for their own mishap. I have never heard anything so absurd. Its private property, he can do what he wants, if its not affecting anyone else or any animal or wildlife then its questionable what effect a lump of clay is having on his property if any at all !
If its breaking the law than the law is crap, just like the law on people using mobile phones while driving , it doesn't work and its a waste of peoples time and money !
If the guys property isn't selling then its got sod all to do with what next door has in his garden, why don't you get the people from changing rooms to sort out his house before suggesting Alan partridge should visit and sort out the gnome ! Duh !
what is this country coming to , i wonder ?!?!
the bloke with the gnome might as well say " your wallpaper clashes with my flowers & gnome, can you redecor your whole house so it fits in with my begonias" see what he says then.
; - )
Probably not, but it's a very good idea. I'd put them all behind bars - in those dreadful theme pubs!
did theyn have" concrete" evidence
no they should Be arresting real criminals or are they so afraid that they have to arrest gnomes
Depends if it's fishing without a licence.
No, obviously, they have nothing better to do.
Not "NO",but "hell NO!" They're as out of control over there as the gov't. is over here! I say ,"Get the hell outta people's private affairs or we're gonna have another freakin' tea party!".
If the gnome in question is breaking the law then I do not see why not
Cornishmen tried and executed a monkey, thinking it was a Frenchman. It is a smilar type of ignorance.
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