On 12/22/10 11:04 pm, DGDevin wrote:

The UK is screwed up in ways most Americans can scarcely comprehend.

snipped the cases about which I know nothing

... Guy goes away for the
weekend, comes back to find east-European illegal aliens squatting in
his house and when he calls the cops they tell him it's a civil matter
and there's nothing they can do, takes him months to get his house back
and it's trashed when he does (case repeated over and over).

Of course trespass is a civil matter, but forced entry is not. How did
the intruders get in? If they did not have to break in to gain access,
no crime was committed and it's a civil matter.

Perce