...he claimed he was attacked while walking across a park, and his hair was cut off. Sikhs from all over the world condemned this "racist attack" and there was at least one rally in his support. Turns out he was having trouble trying to balance his Sikh traditions and his Scottish way of life, and wanted to cut his hair short, so he punched himself in the face and cut his own hair off, then reported he'd been the victim of a racial assault. He isn't being prosecuted for wasting police time. In the current climate of heightened racial tensions in some areas, do you think it was right for him to be let off? Luckily, unlike certain other ethnic groups, Sikhs don't seem to kick off at the slightest percieved provocation, but this could easily have escalated into violent demonstrations or worse.
2006-12-24 03:55:11 · 19 answers · asked by Mark J 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
he should have been charged, the outcome could have been worse, i hate people like this, we already have alot of problems without this dikhead, doing this
2006-12-24 04:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by a m 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋
I'm sure all the facts were considered before the decision was made to take No further Action.
Just because he's been let off, it doesn't follow that it's because he's a Sikh, that's down to your own perceptions of the story, or maybe the way that it was reported.
There are many factors in deciding to NFA a case. Apart from lack of evidence the main reason is that it is "not in the public interest to proceed".Do you know how much it cost to bring someone to trial? Sometimes, the CPS just refuse to run with something, regardless of how the police wish to play things.
The CPS give charging authority, not the police, so even though there is an offence apparent, it's not always going to be proceeded with.
2006-12-25 09:30:40 · answer #2 · answered by THE BULB 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He should be prosecuted. Total irresponsibility. He can come to Court, plead guilty to wasting police time and mitigate re his problems. A supervision order with input from the Young Offenders Team would be the just result.
What worries me is that some totally innocent person could have been arrested and had to spend some time in custody because of this confused Sikh. How much police time was wasted dealing with this?
2006-12-25 07:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah! I heard this story. The young Sikh involved should hang his head in shame. When I heard the original story on the news, I could not believe that anyone could actually cut off a Sikh's hair - what about the struggle and the fact that a Sikh carries a sharp blade?
2006-12-24 20:30:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
yeah, well i remember there was this case in essex where a white girl claimed she was raped by a black youth, the only thing she could remember about him was that he had a shiney tooth. Posters were printed but the guy was never caught as the story turned out to be false. By the way the girl was not prosecuted either. Have a happy new year.
2006-12-27 04:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My first thoughts when I heard this on the radio was...why aren't they punishing him?!?!
In retrospect, and having had time to consider this...what punishment would suffice?...He will have recieved a telling off from the police...and his family have enough to deal with, without making him even more miserable than he must already be to do such things to himself.
In all, he had the guts to go and say he had lied and that takes a lot of courage, it could easily have been a case of offenders never caught and him being this little victim.
Now, he has to prove himself to his family, friends and religion. As the saying goes...he without sin cast the first stone...I've told lies in the past and I would challenge anyone on here to say they hadn't...maybe not with as far reaching consequences that this had the potential for..but lies all the same....and I would ask...would you have the balls to stand up and say it was a fabrication???
2006-12-26 22:28:55 · answer #6 · answered by lippz 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the police need to use judgement in cases like this. I agree that he has bigger problems (his family and the Sikh community) to worry about.
I'm more concerned about the rally. Assault is assault. It doesn't matter what colour of skin the attacker or victim have. Why should race be a factor in holding a rally?
We had the same problem in Durham, North Carolina with a black "exotic dancer" accusing "privileged" white males of raping her. The rape accusation has been found to be false and those charges have been dropped. However, the mere accusation was enough to have all and sundry out campaigning to support their "sister." I'm waiting on the apology from those who rushed to judgement.
2006-12-24 04:10:26 · answer #7 · answered by skip 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
The sikh's that I know are pretty decent and they are very proud people. What this young man did was because of something he feared from family members. I know that the sikh of old prefer the old ways and traditions...he probably did something that he feared would call for his father or uncle to ostrecise him for, so he decided to concoct this lame brain story. Does he deserve to be punished, not the way some people may want him dealt with. He was temporarily insane because he could not stick to his convictions.
2006-12-24 06:11:00 · answer #8 · answered by Le Baron 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Everyone should be treated equally under the law. If others get prosecuted for wasting police time then so should he. Tensions will be increased simply by the police letting it go.
2006-12-24 07:13:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I personally think that he should have been prosecuted for wasting police time. And they talk about the British being racist that was a determined effort to cause more trouble. With all the immigrants in the UK nowadays there are enough problems without the Sikhs trying to cause more bother for whatever reason.
2006-12-24 04:26:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
Why do you prats have to see a racial aspect in this? The lad's an idiot, he's in deep poo with his family but because he's not being burned at the stake we get the old "the law's different for them" and "go back to India" rants. Some of you are fools sometimes!
2006-12-24 04:59:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋