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A soldier who has served in Afghanistan has been charged after the Manchester Riot.
http://www.telegraph....anded-in-custody.html
// Gunner Liam Bretherton, 20, faces dismissal from the Army after walking into a guitar shop with a valuable Gibson Les Paul just 12 hours after a flagship music store in Manchester had been ransacked by looters.
He was arrested when the owner of the shop became suspicious and checked the serial number on the instrument. He then locked him in the shop until the police arrived.
Army sources admitted that they were braced for a number of soldiers to be charged following this week’s rioting as the majority are on summer “bloc leave” in August. //
They should bring back National Service, shouldn't they?
http://www.telegraph....anded-in-custody.html
// Gunner Liam Bretherton, 20, faces dismissal from the Army after walking into a guitar shop with a valuable Gibson Les Paul just 12 hours after a flagship music store in Manchester had been ransacked by looters.
He was arrested when the owner of the shop became suspicious and checked the serial number on the instrument. He then locked him in the shop until the police arrived.
Army sources admitted that they were braced for a number of soldiers to be charged following this week’s rioting as the majority are on summer “bloc leave” in August. //
They should bring back National Service, shouldn't they?
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I agree, something like NS would be a damned good idea for some of the layabouts who don't work, but not working, and loafing about, seems to be culturally acceptable in some quarters these days. The idea the Frenchhad of stopping benefits after a year has some mileage - but then if those without work had no money, the argument is that crime would increase again. Vicious circle.
In mitigation his lawyer will cite the stress of serving in foreign lands. Might help him avoid a prison sentence.
If someone else tried to cite the stress of living in the nightmarish inner-city world of drug dealers, gang violence, and urban deprivation, they'd have laughter ringing in their ears all the way down to the cells.
If someone else tried to cite the stress of living in the nightmarish inner-city world of drug dealers, gang violence, and urban deprivation, they'd have laughter ringing in their ears all the way down to the cells.
I'm not surprised . You have to remember youths from depived and homeless backgrounds very often join the army for a stable life. When they leave the army or when on leave they return to their unstable life style. I spent years in the army and saw this problem first hand. It is very sad and I would hope that there are ways for him to remain in the service. A spell in an army jail which is very tough could be the answer.
/// Army sources admitted that they were braced for a number of soldiers to be charged following this week’s rioting as the majority are on summer “bloc leave” in August.///
/// One suggested that it could be as a many as half-a-dozen.///
As many as half-a-dozen eh ????????
A typical Anti-British dig at the whole of our military.
Amazing how they picked a white lad, if it had been a black soldier it would most likely not have made the papers.
Just the same as they are focusing more on the white rioters in Manchester, than the black gangs from the ghettos of London.
After all wasn't it them who started all this rioting?
/// One suggested that it could be as a many as half-a-dozen.///
As many as half-a-dozen eh ????????
A typical Anti-British dig at the whole of our military.
Amazing how they picked a white lad, if it had been a black soldier it would most likely not have made the papers.
Just the same as they are focusing more on the white rioters in Manchester, than the black gangs from the ghettos of London.
After all wasn't it them who started all this rioting?
I think those who want a return of National Service are referring to the strict regimes of the 50's, as seen in the TV series I can't remember, that's age for you. In that, the recruits were subjected to a regime which is not allowed now, no-one can even shout at them these days. I doubt the current Armed Forces want these yobs and yobesses, they have enough trouble with the Taliban.
