Tom Who .... totally getting lost in the woods these days
Tom Crawford
Yesterday at 21:28
Hi all,
This post is by way of a............. WARNING!!!!! please share this warning to everyone you know.
If you have been abroad and purchased a torch or a mobile phone, I would suggest you examine it to see if it is capable of being turned into a stun gun i.e. Taser, for they are sold on the continent and other places currently legally, you can purchase these Ebay and on Amazon, but in this country the government has passed a Draconian law that will send you to jail if you have one of these devices and not for a few months, but for five years minimum sentence with no right of appeal or time of for good behaviour.
This man has had to suffer his rights been violated through an act known as a..... Strict liability offence, even a couple in their 60s caravanning suffered the same fate it is deplorable and unjust. I believe we have to do something about this as it is dangerous for the general population to allow this law to remain.
If you innocently purchase anything charged by electricity and you do not know the hidden capabilities you are in danger. This man is a kind and thoughtful family man with children, he bought one of these tortures not realising that it could be converted into a stun gun bearing in mind that he didn't have the parts to convert it, he even declared it at customs.
Now I want you all to take on the magnitude of the injustice involved in this charge, remember someone could put one of these things in your pocket and you will be having a five-year holiday in some prison, below is an explanation of this unjust law.
Briefly I will explain the meaning of, and reasons for, strict liability.
For strict liability offences it can be said that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of the offence actus reus, (action or conduct which is a constituent element of a crime, as opposed to the mental state of the accused) of the offence.
It is often said that NO! mens rea (the intention or knowledge of wrongdoing) is needed for strict liability offences. This is probably an over simplification. A more complete answer would be that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of the actus reus of the offence.
Ordinarily the criminal law is concerned with blame worthiness. There are various levels of mens rea or blameworthiness. Some offences are more serious than others and, as a general rule, the more serious the offence the higher the level of mens rea required such as ‘intention’ or ‘recklessness’. This is related to the consequences of conviction and again, as a general rule, the more serious the offence – the greater the punishment.
In effect, it is possible to be convicted of a strict liability offence without ANY! degree of fault. The defendant may not have acted deliberately or in any way to bring about the state of affairs. It may be enough that the situation has arisen.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE MOST UNJUST LAW I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS AND NOW WE NEED TO HELP THIS INNOCENT MAN!!!!!!! AND REMOVE THIS LAW.
Not sure if this is who Tom is talking about, but found this on a quick google search
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/derby-m ... story.html
Also
http://www.cps.gov.uk/london/press_rele ... souvenirs/