I must agree with you both but I obviously had no say in the sentencing process.

Here's one and not a victim but could have been:

On mobile patrol (alone) when I receive a radio message of a bank alarm only a minute or so away from my current location.

Activate the vehicles siren and get there rather promptly...run into the bank armed with nothing more than a 24" carbon baton and a pair of handcuffs and ask who and where said suspected villains are.

The response..."They ran out and headed that way, the one with the gun following the other"" :huh:

Only other I know of is high treason (which in my opinion should still permit capital punishment).

A mandatory life sentence must still be given in the UK for murder but the judge then gives the minimum term that must be served:

Type of murder......................................Starting point
Multiple/exceptionally serious murder..........Whole-life order
Murder involving firearm.............................30 years
Murder of a police or prison officer on duty....30 years
Murder done for personal gain.....................30 years
Murder involving knife (post 2010)...............25 years
Other offences.......................................... 15 years

Dude!
:o

They talk about bringing a knife to a gun fight but you only brought a STICK!

You British Coppers have some major 'Rocks'!
:salute:

Not at all Jeff....the radio message only made reference to a bank alarm having been activated and certainly no reference to an incident involving firearms :)

If there had been prior knowledge the instruction would have been to maintain a watchful stance in the immediate vicinity until an armed response unit arrived.

I have been known to get caught up in traffic jams in the past :03:

Ever been a victim of crime?

Yes tomorrow when go through the turnstile at Elland Road

There's a small Bank branch here in my Village.
That Bank's alarms go off for any reason?
You'd think Bin laden was hiding there!
:o

And you all run around with sticks.
Don't sell your courage short Mate!
:salute:

I lost that the day I hijacked a limo on my arrival at Houston :D

:D lol

Aye ya bugga...you sent Jeff to pick me up....thank Christ you and I went to pick Todd up or we might never have met him to this day :har:

Great times...should be organised for another Meet :sunny:

Just trawling through the forums (signed up yesterday) and see the sentences for murder. I dont know where that is for, but in New Zealand murder is generally 20 years, even less for good behavior and parole. What on earth is up with that. :hmmm:

Anyways I was there when me and a couple of my mates were mugged by 5 hoodlums from a local gang (3 cheers for living i the gang part of town). one was holding a rather long kitchen knife and another a hammer. They took my friends phone, but me and my other mate wouldn't give them anything. they just left. The guy was given juvie for a bunch of crimes a year later.

Welcome Aboard NZChickenPlox :salute:

Thanks, I had been looking for a group that still play SH3, but hadn't found any 'till yesterday. Luv dat game!