Who would be an Oz plod?
"After copping a speeding ticket last year, former highway patrolman Dave Gabriel thanked the police and said: "Bye piggies, oink, oink." Told to expect an additional fine for the remarks, he leant out of the window and called: "Well, here's a second go," and said, "Bye piggies," again.
Gabriel was taken away in a paddy wagon and charged with offensive behaviour, but he may have the last laugh. Sutherland Local Court magistrate George Miller awarded him $1300 in legal costs after declaring that the remarks did not constitute an offence. Though "childish", such language was not defined as offensive conduct by the law, Mr Miller said". Source
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that would be a life sentence in Surrey on the basis that it is 3 crimes, all solved; would look great on the statistics.
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