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October 07, 2009
Only in Britain (I hope)
CPS defends prosecution of disabled widow in 'prodding' caseThe Crown Prosecution Service today defended its decision to take legal proceedings against a 71-year-old woman who prodded a 17-year-old youth in the chest.
Renate Bowling, of Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, confronted the boy in the street after stones were thrown at her home.
The disabled widow, who walks with a steel frame, said she thought it was a "joke" when police arrived at the scene and arrested her for jabbing the teenager with her finger. [...]
Bowling was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £50 court costs. [...]
"I saw one of them throw the stones against my window from my bedroom. I went out and found him hiding behind a wall. I poked my finger out at him and told him what I thought of him.
"Then the police arrested me - I thought 'What a joke. What is going on?'."
Posted by joke du jour at October 7, 2009 06:56 PM
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