Latest Moan From You and Me 2024

The vehicle is illegal in what way? You say one had no number plate but it seems you have reported more than one.
The riots weren't against the police, they were against everybody. People attacked, businesses looted and massive levels of damage done. Which do you think would be more important in terms of police action.
Leaving the riots aside, an illegally parked vehicle isn't going to be high priority unless it is also causing a major obstruction. If it's not taxed it isn't a matter for police, report it to DVLA. GOV.UK - Vehicle details

 

I live in a fairly rural village. 8 years ago, someone trashed my car overnight. It was just one of 14 vehicles parked along both sides of the street. The rear window had been smashed by a brick and every panel/roof and bonnet had been sprayed with paint stripper. No other vehicle had been touched. When I reported it, the response from the police was simply along the lines of " these people are such a nuisance aren't they ? I'll give you a Crime No. for your insurance claim ". When I tried to take it further, I was asked if I had " perhaps upset another road user recently".
At least there are no riots here so something to be thankful for - unless you count escaped sheep

 

Thankfully the only damage that has occurred to our car at our property is by the wife driving into our garage without folding the wing mirrors in first.
And to think we had a discount on our insurance because the car was kept off road AND garaged when not in use at home!!

 

My car was vandalised overnight once. Some clown thought it was a great idea to smash my rear window with a food recycling bin. Thankfully it was empty at the time. When I reported it I was asked if there was any CCTV footage. When I said there was none I was informed that no further action would be taken as there was zero chance of getting anybody. At least they were honest about that. Police resources are stretched very thin and have been for years. Like it or not, they have to prioritise.

 

Pressure/duress from whom? The others involved in the rioting or the police? As there was apparently plenty of video evidence of the actions, there would be no need for the police to put pressure on any of those who have been jailed so far. I really don't understand why those who are caught on video should get any reduction in sentence for an early guilty plea.
In this specific instance this guy presumably had legal representation who would have put forward the medical evidence of his disabilities.

 

By pure chance I saw some of the live sentencing on BBC News. The judge explained in full the reduction in prison time given for an early guilty plea, so it isn't a case of the judiciary going in with hobnail boots. Long sentences already seem to be having a deterrent effect as the rioting and looting has dropped right off. 28 months for murder seems ludicrously short but I don't know the case.
I don't agree with the early release just because jails are overcrowded. I firmly advocate 'If you can't do the time, don't do the crime'. If they had to pack them half a dozen to a cell I certainly wouldn't lose sleep over it.

 

Unless the reasons why we have a problem on our streets are addressed, putting a few hundred in jail will do nothing at all to improve things in the medium to long term.

 

Bring back hanging.
Might not be a deterrent but it would stop repeat offenders, free up a few prison spaces and save the tax payer a lot of money.

 

In this day and age, surely there is a more humane way of disposing of known, proven murderous criminals? I'm right behind the principle of not wasting money on keeping them alive, it's just the method that needs modernising.

 

They could start by releasing all the people who have been in jail due to that ludicrous indefinite sentencing process, that was binned over a decade ago. The problem is - they didn't address it retrospectively, so there are folk still in jail, often for 8 or 10 times the length of the original sentence they should have had, as they were for minor offences, and only arranted a couple of years at most. Many have killed themselves because of it too.