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Thread ID: 107896 2010-03-06 02:37:00 Judge turns tables accuser. rebels181 (14841) PC World Chat
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864387 2010-03-06 02:37:00 A schoolbus driver was taken to court (www.nzherald.co.nz) for grabbing the arm of a rowdy boy who would not stop pulling a girl's hair.
But the judge threw out the charge and had a policeman take the 12-year-old boy to the police cells as a warning.

About time judges start using common sense.
rebels181 (14841)
864388 2010-03-06 04:13:00 :clap:clap:clap Yay for the judge and policeman!

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
864389 2010-03-06 04:22:00 Except the Police decided to put the driver in Court in the first place. Sweep (90)
864390 2010-03-06 05:52:00 Some Wellingtonian policy pedlar decided that since he had examined his vicinity and failed to detect any common sense in the office, it would be unfair if ordinary policemen were to have any. To this end he formulated a set of rules that bypassed any common sense and made everyone fill in so many forms that common sense is likely to soon become as rare in the field as it is in the policy making moronosphere.
These rules have the (possibly planned) effect of making decisions in advance, at a distance; with similar success to meterological attempts to forecast things then penalise the gods if the weather does not comply.
So far it appears that at least one judge has managed to avoid the new cult of mediocrity.
R2x1 (4628)
864391 2010-03-06 06:26:00 Except the Police decided to put the driver in Court in the first place.

Well, I guess whoever brought the case to court, (maybe the boy's parents/guardian whatever made the official complant) then the case was bound to go to court.

Waste of space, waste of time and the bus driver should be commended. He should have suggested that the girl whose hair was pulled, pull the hair of the boy concerned.

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
864392 2010-03-06 06:59:00 Typical actions from the police. :groan:

This man should have his legal bills covered and should receive some sort of compensation.
radium (8645)
864393 2010-03-06 07:46:00 Typical actions from the police. :groan:

This man should have his legal bills covered and should receive some sort of compensation.

From the boys parents firstly the and only then from the police if at all
gary67 (56)
864394 2010-03-06 08:35:00 Yes the boys parents as well, but the police charged him in the first place

"The Weekend Herald approached police yesterday about the decision to charge Mr McCorkindale, but officers spoken to said they were unable to comment."
radium (8645)
864395 2010-03-06 09:18:00 Their parents also stated that their son was "hard to control" Arnie (6624)
864396 2010-03-06 09:26:00 Their parents also stated that their son was "hard to control"

Whatever happened to the wooden spoon?
bob_doe_nz (92)
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