--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6...@...> wrote: > > Barry, it wasn't meant to make you feel *all warm and fuzzy*. That would have taken the perp walking up and shoving money *into* the waitress's purse, IMHO. That waitress deserves an award of some kind for saving society the cost of prosecution and incarceration of the perpetrator as well as the cost of further crimes and lives. I would like to do what I could to lift her spirits up and let her know she has my support in an effort to ease her conscience. >>>
Mike - I wonder what you'd think of how it works in the UK! "Shimon Lawrence 19, of Babbington Road, Streatham, was robbed of a mobile phone and punched to the ground on May 20 last year in Colliers Wood. But, in the heat of the moment, he went on to pick up a knife dropped by one of his three attackers and gave chase in a bid to get his property back. Mr Lawrence, a business studies student, cornered the trio in a shop and threatened them with the knife. His stolen phone was returned to him, at which point he dropped the weapon and walked away. However the police were called by the shop staff and he was arrested soon afterwards. Mr Lawrence was sentenced to 12 months detention after pleading guilty to affray and having a bladed article at Kingston Crown Court on December 22 last year. However, that sentence was overturned and replaced by a six- month suspended term by Lord Justice Hughes, Mr Justice McCombe and Mrs Justice Sharp, at London's Criminal Appeal Court. " Full story: http://tinyurl.com/ya32k7x
