Quote Originally Posted by Arblasterfromthepast View Post
58 years old Animal and the first time I've had to request any help from the police. So, naively I suppose, you think that when provided with irrefutable evidence, the police wil take action. Not so in our case, because the evidence has to be collected in a certain manner. I think over time the balance of proving guilt has moved, so whilst it is as you say moving back in the direction of proving innocence, I'm only talking about changing the balance point back to what it used to be historically i.e. let's have some common sense; if someone's been filmed carrying out an act then why shouldn't it be used as evidence.
So it does make you think if the CPS took the Barton incident to court, they must have felt fairly confident. Makes me wonder whether evidence they'd got was suddenly ruled inadmissible in court.
I'm with you though, people cannot get away with things forever. I hope he gets his come uppence from the case he's contesting against his wife. Barton has been involved in too many violent incidents and will no doubt be involved in a few more yet. No doubt he'll say he's going to turn over yet another new leaf.
I had to smile last week Arby , I got a letter from the environment telling me my conifers are encroaching on to a public highway , they are but it's minimal and I will sort it .

They took the time to photograph it as evidence and it was on the letter , bless .

Funny because about 18 years ago we had the neighbour from hell , loud music , party's every weekend , drunkenness , drug dealing you name it .

I reported it and even sent them a photo of some waster pyssing on the street , drunk from the party next door .

Sorry we can't use that they said .

Neither the police or the environment got him evicted but some nut Jack but a knife in his stomach in a pub following an argument and he fled back to Manchester where he was originally from when he came out of hospital for fear of his life .

It's a funny old world mate .