Ed Sirett wrote:

Something does not add up.
If they had reported to the police that the crime was in progress
and/or that they had made a citizens' arrest the police would/should
have responded promptly.

The fact that they got a real sentence and not just the suspended one
suggests that there were more facts (not reported) that were taken
into account in this case, by the judge/magistrates.

Very common with newspapers. My daughter was involved in a carbon monoxide
related incident last week. Local press headline was "Were couple
poisoned?" with no mention of carbon monoxide whatsoever. The levels were
so high the ambulance crews were taken in to have their blood levels
checked.

They got the ages of the couple completely wrong and described tubing one
patient & using a machine to take over his breathing as "he was given first
aid". No mention of him being taken to a local hosptal with a hyperbaric
chamber at all.

Would have been a much better story for the paper if they had reported the
actual facts.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk