ASBO - It's great - can be used anywhere

I'm not sure if I could make this up. You know those Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO's) brought in by this government to deal with anti-social behaviour (noisy neighbours and the like)? Well, people are beginning to get somewhat creative in their application.

You see, anti-social behaviour is a rather broad area:

On Thursday, magistrates sentenced her for three public order offences after deciding at an earlier hearing that throwing herself into a river did constitute disorder.

The Asbo seeks to prevent her doing anything which could cause alarm or distress to the public.

It was clear from the start that the current voluntary option of not throwing ones self into a river was failing and, thankfully, the state and its judiciary have now stepped in.

Posted by John at February 25, 2005 01:56 PM | TrackBack