guardian.co.uk— A woman accused of having a knife in public has walked free from court - saved by a sausage, lawyers said today.
Jun 3, 2008View in Crawl 4
The problem with a law like this is that it assumes you are going to be doing something bad with the knife if you "have no good reason" to possess it in public. Whatever happened to innocent until proved guilty?
Closed AccountJun 4, 2008
The article implied that she was self-employed, hence the phone call to the bumbling bureaucrat who couldn't find her stall license.
freedomfrogJun 4, 2008
Silly Brauts...err Brits.
dvaderJun 4, 2008
That is f**ked up what's wrong with having a knife in public? Knives are very useful tools; I don't go anywhere without at least a pocket knife.
nydwarfJun 4, 2008
The problem with a law like this is that it assumes you are going to be doing something bad with the knife if you "have no good reason" to possess it in public. Whatever happened to innocent until proved guilty?
seraphixiJun 5, 2008
in other news..Woman exonerated: claims right to bang sausage