anotherlimey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/5386538.stm

"A father-of-seven has been banned from entering his home town of Lydney for 10 years after a judge imposed an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo)."

I would love to be a judge with the power to hand out ASBOs; I would dream up some strange rule and apply it to which ever criminal I took a dislike to.

Perhaps, I'd make someone only do a number 2 on the weekends.

Leslie

So basically he'll just be terrorizing people in a different city.

anotherlimey

You'd think threatning people with an axe would be enough to put someone behind bars...

ironporer

You'd think that for repeat-repeat-repeat cases of child molestors, wife abusers, you name it we could go back to the old custom of branding them on the forehead. It would make things so much clearer to all involved.

GaryK

I think it might be more likely that (institutionalised) psychiatric treatment would solve those problems rather than a brand on the forehead. I'm not quite sure as to what constructive things any branding would actually accomplish...

Red Cloud

Yes, but nowadays he'd have to agree to his psychiatric treatment - and as he is obviously a nutter there's little chance of that.

There are so many of these wastes of space (and tax payer's money) around why has no one set up a vigilante group to beat them severely around the head with a baseball bat on a dark and rainy night thereby saving us, and the criminal justice system, so much aggro. All these repeat offending paedophiles, yobs who gang up on someone and kicking them senseless, kids who terrorise old folk.

Hmmmm, I was wondering how to fill my time when I get back to blighty.

Ray

They could send him to Florida ... to threaten people .....

Yorkieabroad

Yeah, doesn't really seem to be a particularly neighbourly thing to do now, does it...Forget asbos - if the guys as bad as he's painted, he belongs behind bars.

dbj1000

Hmm. Let's look at this from a bureaucrat's perspective, shall we?

Branding: £3.27 per brand or 10 for £25 from Brand'em & Hang'em Ltd. of Luton.
Psychiatric Treatment (non-institutionalised): £38,000 per year*
Psychiatric Treatment (institutionalised): £75,000 per year**

*until the subject disappears to live on the streets
**until released into the community due to budget cuts

Looks like a no-brainer to me. Branding all round, I say.

Why not start with the single mothers, binge drinkers and Council Tax evaders?

Sally

It makes the proposer look "hard"

Elvira

Tough on crime - tough on the causes of crime...

cindyabs

Might get his attention as to what people object to about him,

ironporer

Bingo!! In addition, everybody around him would know what to be on the look out for- and keep their loved ones safe. It is forever, so there is no danger of budget cuts ending the program. It is fair- certainly it is less painful to be branded than to be raped or sodomized as a child. It is horribly gruesome and ghoulish, but it would be effective.

Ray

On October 1, 2005 the state of Florida enacted a Shoot First Law, which allows gun owners who feel threatened to use deadly force.
"Individuals who are unfamiliar with Florida's roads, traffic regulations and customs, or who speak foreign languages, or look different than Florida residents, may face a higher risk of danger — because they may be more likely to be perceived as threatening by Floridians," according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

"We think people visiting Florida should be aware of this law, and act accordingly," said Sarah Brady, chair of the Brady Campaign. "Visitors should be very careful about getting into an aggressive argument with anyone during their stay."

We welcome this type .....

Sarah

I'd give an ASBO to people on here......