Now if we were telling you that a theft had been reported to the Police but the Police were refusing to make an arrest until the thief contacted lawyers to see if stealing was a crime then you would think the world had been turned upside down.
Now consider this ... in the Bolton Twilight Zone all is not as it seems. You are about to enter another dimension.
A criminal complaint has been made to Police by Barry Moss in Bolton regarding the issuing of fines in unlawful bays. The Department for Transport has confirmed that the bays do not comply with the law.Mr Moss says the council is guilty of misfeasance - wilful misconduct by a public officer.
But police have put their investigation on hold while the council seeks legal advice.
Supt Andy Durkin said: "The council do not accept at face value what Mr Moss is saying and are seeking legal advice.
"Until such time that advice is clear I am not going to add a third dimension to the situation." More ...
"Until such time that advice is clear I am not going to add a third dimension to the situation." More ...
Third dimension? This is becoming more like the Twilight Zone by the minute! The Great Illusion ... clear evidence of a crime ... motorists being fined in locations where the council knows that the restriction is unlawful ... after being told by the Department for Transport but the Police will wait until the council have taken advice first before they begin an investigation?Back to the thief ... if he says that he does not accept on face value what the victim is saying can he take advice first?
I didn't realise this was how it was supposed to work.
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Perhaps PC Plod should be reminded of the offence of misconduct in public office, which has been defined as:-
"Where a public officer is guilty of misbehaviour in office by neglecting a duty imposed upon him either at common law or by statute, he commits a misdemeanour and is liable to indictment unless another remedy is substituted by statute. The liability exists whether he is a common law or a statutory officer; and a person holding an office of important trust and of consequence to the public, under letters patent or derivatively from such authority, is liable to indictment for not faithfully discharging the office."
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