The lady phoned asked  'Is that Frank ?
 Thousands taken from your bank
Give me your details. I'll make it right
Will all be returned tomorrow night.'
But this didn't feel right - was it a prank?


So Frank got rid of that nuisance call
He'd heard it before, so she'd hit a brick wall

Disgraceful, both the act and the'sentence'

Sounds awful

Glad you feel a bit better Scrumpy, some quite unpleasant procedures we have to go through!  Very mixed quality in the NHS now.  Once I got on track for a new knee i couldn't fault it, but I was nearly 2 years waiting for the initial x-ray that showed I had severe arthritis.  If I'd had that straight away, instead of lots of painful physio visits, I'd have had a lot less pain. Now I'm pretty pain free, and walking lots.

The lady phoned asked  'Is that Frank ?
 Thousands taken from your bank
Give me your details. I'll make it right
Will all be returned tomorrow night.'
He'd heard of scams, poor Frank's heart sank.

Frank hung the phone up double quick
His mouth was dry, he felt quite sick

I've been meaning to comment on the changing headings, they're great.  Cheers k!

Quote from: Mups on Today at 11:02:47 AMThis is the trouble with loads of different opinions,  even expert ones.  We don't know what to believe in the end.

According to what I have just seen,  this so-called 'Non-toxic'  variety is not lethal,  it said it just causes 'mild enteritis.' 
This was not so with that old chap.  He died.

I suppose that there are probably worse deaths than dying of rampant diarrhoea!

Quote from: Alex on Today at 06:17:36 PMI came across a case of animal cruelty in Rutherglen, Scotland, a place I once lived.  I won't post any of the details, suffice to say the puppy died from her injuries.  What I will post is the scumbag's name and sentence - if you can call it a sentence.

Levi Balmer was the piece of filth.  He was 'sentenced' on Monday after he pleaded guilty to the abuse at Glasgow Sheriff Court.  He received a 10 year ban on keeping dogs and a community payback order with a supervision requirement for 12 months and 162 hours of unpaid work.  What kind of message does this send to other animal abusers and why can't jail sentences be given for this type of crime ?    

I fully agree.  I have seen or heard of several recent 'sentences' like this over the past year or so, which I consider to be not worthy of the word 'punishment'.
Typically, '162 hours of unpaid work'.

40 hours is typically a week's work, so presumably this 'sentence' equated to four weeks of unpaid work.  I'd be interested to learn more, such as: is this typically five days of eight hours?  What sort of 'work'?  How many breaks and how often?  I suspect that this will not be regarded as hard, physical work, but I'd love to know exactly what they are obliged to do.

Personally, in 'JBR world' the perpetrator would have received physical punishment of exactly the same measure as received by the unfortunate puppy, terminating only after the perpetrator's death.

The lady phoned asked  'Is that Frank ?
 Thousands taken from your bank
Give me your details. I'll make it right
Will all be returned tomorrow night.'

I came across a case of animal cruelty in Rutherglen, Scotland, a place I once lived.  I won't post any of the details, suffice to say the puppy died from her injuries.  What I will post is the scumbag's name and sentence - if you can call it a sentence.

Levi Balmer was the piece of filth.   He was 'sentenced' on Monday after he pleaded guilty to the abuse at Glasgow Sheriff Court.  He received a 10 year ban on keeping dogs and a community payback order with a supervision requirement for 12 months and 162 hours of unpaid work.   What kind of message does this send to other animal abusers and why can't jail sentences be given for this type of crime ?