All hail the nanny state!

[Boredoftheworld]

Tanker driver dragged to court for smoking - even though it was fake cigarette | Mail Online

Dunno if anyone else posted this yet, doesn't look like it. What a riot, the man was fined for (among other things) "dropping ash".

 

[BigJimW]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

 

[ladyraj]

I think grade school hall monitors grow up and become the smoke police...in this case the no smoke/no ash/no .... police! Why would anyone want to write a ticket to fine a fellow human being instead of asking to simply put it away. What has happened to our humanity...it's in the hands of hall monitors. 8-o

 

[chad]

Looks like they screwed this guy regardless of the facts:

Mr Minihan, who has since been made redundant from Neston tank Cleaners in Kirkby, Merseyside, bought the fake cigarette from the online store Prezzybox.com.

Why are people so hell bent on screwing each other these days. I think everyone's afraid someone will find out their vices so they make sure to "out" someone else first to redirect attention. This is insane.

 

[Rusty]

This is exactly what the UK is like these days.

I know somebody who got a £70 fine for littering because their 2 year old dropped a small bit of sausage roll onto the pavement whilst she was pushing her along the high street in her pushchair.

I work at a school and one student got a £70 fine for stubbing out a cig but outside the school gates and dropping it on the floor - he should not have been smoking in the first place though!!

So this article is not a surprise.


Rusty

 

[Ziggy]

21st Century Britain. The amount of cameras in this country these days, I'm really surprised there's not a lot more stories like this.

Mind you, good publicity though.

 

[katzilla]

Hi everyone,

I've been involved with this story as I work for Prezzybox, the company that sold him the Gamucci in the first place. I thought I'd update you on the story here

He went to court yesterday and unfortunately he lost, it came down to his word against the council official's.
( http : // digg. com / d3zb0E ) (sorry, I'm a newbie, you'll need to take out the spaces to see the article.

 

[JrdUK]

I hate these Nazi enforcement officers

 

[PlanetScribbles]

Hi everyone,

I've been involved with this story as I work for Prezzybox, the company that sold him the Gamucci in the first place. I thought I'd update you on the story here

He went to court yesterday and unfortunately he lost, it came down to his word against the council official's.
( http : // digg. com / d3zb0E ) (sorry, I'm a newbie, you'll need to take out the spaces to see the article.

Easy money for the council I guess. The case for the blue led cigs is re-enforced. An e-cig that looks too much like an analogue isn't such a good thing.

 

[blackbug]

Brian Howells, chairman of the bench, said his story was "consistent" but described the enforcement officer as a credible witness and found in favour of the council.

So much for beyond reasonable doubt.