No, not an item about a bunch of 80's music types, but a few days ago the Sun newspaper ran an item about a "sting" operation in Manchester. This led to the prosecution of a 66 year old woman for, and I shit you not, selling a goldfish to a 14 year old school boy. She's been given a £1,000 fine and tagged! She's also been given a seven week curfew which among other things will prevent her from seeing a Rod Stewart concert. (not all bad news, then!) What makes this all the more laughable is the council issued a statement saying, "Let this conviction send out a message." And that message is? We can't catch proper criminals for toffee so we'll go after little old ladies instead.
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