Police and Courts fit for purpose?

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Can Arslan jailed for murdering neighbour Matthew Boorman

"Monster next door" Can Arslan had terrorised his neighbours for years before stabbing Matthew Boorman.
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This statement stuck with me:

Judge Cutts told the court the neighbours sought legal action in the months leading up to murder because they "felt unsafe in their own homes".
"They made every attempt they could within the law to prevent you (Arslan) behaving this way. A community protection notice, a council injunction," she said.

These people did everything they could to protect themselves legally and were completely let down. The police, the council, the courts did nothing to prevent a man being killed and multiple others wounded by a person who was a known threat.

Is it time that we simply give up on laws that seem to exist only to protect those in power? Laws that do little to protect you or I?

After being a victim of crime myself last year and completely let down by the police I've come very close to taking action myself.
 
cheesyboy said:
I know someone who was arrested in October or November, had his electronic devices seized, and has still not heard if he'll be charged. 7 or 8 months!

I've not really had much experience of the criminal justice system, but that seems a ridiculously long time to wait.
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I had a generator stolen. I managed through shear luck to find it for sale on Facebook.
I provided the police with screenshots and links of it. I provided them with the serial numbers of the generator, the diesel engine and photos of it in my possession.
The police took 4 months to visit the seller by which time he'd obviously sold it.
They wouldn't charge him with theft as they couldn't prove he stole it even though he couldn't account for where he got it from.
They wouldn't charge him with handling stolen goods because he claimed he didn't know it was stolen.
They didn't find out where he sold it to as 'he forgot'.
They were absolutely useless. Incompetent doesn't even begin to cover it.
 
@Vidar I still find myself getting angry when I think about what happened to you. You've been massively let down by the justice system.

The police wonder why in a few towns near me people frequently take justice in to their own hands. Recently an elderly woman had her handbag stolen, the guy that did it was found rather quickly still in possession of it. He's now missing two fingers from each hand.
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
Well at least you know to pick a lane and stay in it. Bumping your own thread from two years ago which got little traction at the time and is a workaround for your other recent locked thread(s) which hammer your white/asian argument addiction sure is a good way to promote ongoing and interesting dis*course.

* I thank you.
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I merely present the evidence.

And in this case a tribunal agrees with it *shrugs*

What are you thoughts mags? Or just another banal comment rather than joining a discussion?
 
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