On a bus yesterday, I overheard this conversation (as did everyone else on the bus as he wasn't exactly quiet) with a guy and his mate. The guy had just left the Court at Llandudno. Apparently, his case (not sure what he had been charged with) was at 10am but he had only bothered to show up at 11.30am and just given them some made up excuse about 'having to look after a flat for a friend'. He was thrilled because a Policeman was there to meet him, who was going to 'help him find a flat, stop the dole from deducting any money from him' etc. The Policeman had given him his phone number and told him to call him any time, 'even to go out for a pint'.
The greatest bit of all was that he owned his mate £10 but not to worry, because before he went to Court, he had gone into a shop in Llandudno and stolen two coats that he was going to sell to pay back his mate!
It just goes to show that trying to help people like that is pointless - they just take, take, take and have no concern for anyone other than themselves. From this guy's conversation, it was very clear that the Police were more interested in pandering to this little inadequate than actually seeing any justice being done.
