Potters Bar?

[GodalmingYellow]

Fingerprint evidence

Not sure I understand how you would be arrested for burglary on grounds of fingerprint evidence as fingerprints take time to identify, unless either the police already held your fingerprint data for a previous crime, or you were in the vicinity and arrested on suspicion, then charged for based on the dodgy fingerprinting.

As I found out at the time (might have changed), they're not actually allowed to submit the fingerprints for checking against the database, until you've been charged, which is totally ridiculous.

Basically, there's a small-time scumbag who lives in Reading who has the same first name, second name and surname as me (I have an extra middle name). He'd been caught and fingerprinted before, but they'd mixed it up and linked it to me instead of him, so when they found his fingerprints on the Co-op window, they came and arrested me.

Despite the fact that I lived in Kent, and had a full-time job with the local council at the time, they concluded that I had decided to drive to Reading on the Sunday night, break into the Co-op, drive back to Kent, go to bed and get up for work the next morning as if nothing had happened.

Very scary at the time, despite knowing that you're innocent, because when the coppers get a fingerprint they basically ignore anything else, including the laws of physics and anything resembling common sense.

Ended up getting compensation for wrongful arrest, but it didn't really help much.

Blimey! Must have been a very difficult time.

[SmileyMan]

I find myself unable to separate cause and effect, I'm afraid. My world is a chaotic amalgam of different shades of grey. Hardly any black or white.

You are Peter Hammill and I claim my Five Pounds

[GodalmingYellow]

I wouldn't. I can't think of anything worse than having to pass judgement on someone.

I don't see it as passing judgement on someone, more a case of confirming whether or not they have broken the law, irrelevant of why.

The why's and wherefore's are for the judge in determining sentence. Hence he is the judge(mental) one.

I find myself unable to separate cause and effect, I'm afraid. My world is a chaotic amalgam of different shades of grey. Hardly any black or white.

You don't even have to provide the black and white.

The Government sets the paramters.
The judge tells the jury what the parameters are.
The jury are just there to decide if the parameters have been met or not.

[theox]

I've never been called up for JS, but I would be happy to do it if asked.

I wouldn't. I can't think of anything worse than having to pass judgement on someone.

Other than footballers, managers, clubs etc via the medium of the internet.......