“Well when I was slinging rocks and traffic cones at police pulled away from other duties and using up resources to contain my mental little paddy, I was acting on the intelligence at the time! I just want to protect my community from violent criminals like me!”
Puzzleheaded_Bed5132 on
Just in case people don’t bother to read the article, this is _not_ related to the alleged rape in Epsom, where the police still haven’t been able to determine what happened.
sylanar on
> Despite not receiving a direct report to the force about the alleged offence, officers have conducted initial inquiries based on the information available.
“At this time, we have found no evidence to suggest the offence took place.
“It is important the local community is assured that we take allegations of this nature seriously and those responsible for the social media post have been spoken to directly.
“This has resulted in the arrest of a woman in her 20s on suspicion of wasting police time.
Okay, yeah fuck someone for making false claims, but is it really wasting police time if it was never reported to the police? No one reported it, they decided to investigate based off social media posts, and then arrested her for wasting their time.
Any legal experts here, does that really meet the bar for wasting police time?
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“Well when I was slinging rocks and traffic cones at police pulled away from other duties and using up resources to contain my mental little paddy, I was acting on the intelligence at the time! I just want to protect my community from violent criminals like me!”
Just in case people don’t bother to read the article, this is _not_ related to the alleged rape in Epsom, where the police still haven’t been able to determine what happened.
> Despite not receiving a direct report to the force about the alleged offence, officers have conducted initial inquiries based on the information available.
“At this time, we have found no evidence to suggest the offence took place.
“It is important the local community is assured that we take allegations of this nature seriously and those responsible for the social media post have been spoken to directly.
“This has resulted in the arrest of a woman in her 20s on suspicion of wasting police time.
Okay, yeah fuck someone for making false claims, but is it really wasting police time if it was never reported to the police? No one reported it, they decided to investigate based off social media posts, and then arrested her for wasting their time.
Any legal experts here, does that really meet the bar for wasting police time?