Fine-Dodgers Snared in TV Gameshow Sting

Fine-Dodgers Snared in TV Gameshow Sting

"Paul Nutteing"	10/5/2004 6:21:54 PM
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3586816 Quote Tue 5 Oct 2004 2:45pm (UK) Fine-Dodgers Snared in TV Gameshow Sting By Ben Mitchell, PA News Police teamed up with television producers to create an elaborate sting in the guise of a game show to snare fine-dodgers and people wanted on court warrants. A total of 17 people were arrested by Hampshire Police working with the television channel Five to create the mock game show called The Great Big Giveaway Show. Celebrities Neil and Christine Hamilton were employed to front the show with actor Darren Day brought in to provide a voice-over. Police wrote to scores of men and women wanted for failing to pay fines or who had not answered court warrants, inviting them to the show. The letters told them they had the chance to win big cash prizes and a total of 20 were selected by police officers and asked to attend Portsmouth Guildhall on Sunday. As the "guests" arrived, they were greeted by Neil and Christine Hamilton after being frisked by a police officer dressed in a dinner suit and having their identities checked. <...> End Quote What they aren't telling you about DNA profiles and what Special Branch don't want you to know. http://www.nutteing2.freeservers.com/dnapr.htm or nutteingd in a search engine Valid email nutteing@fastmail.....fm (remove 4 of the 5 dots) Ignore any other apparent em address used to post this message - it is defunct due to spam.



"Gordy"	10/5/2004 5:30:52 PM
"Paul Nutteing" <nutteing@quickfindit.com> wrote in message news:2sg34pF1kfiknU1@uni-berlin.de... http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3586816 Quote Tue 5 Oct 2004 2:45pm (UK) Fine-Dodgers Snared in TV Gameshow Sting By Ben Mitchell, PA News Police teamed up with television producers to create an elaborate sting in the guise of a game show to snare fine-dodgers and people wanted on court warrants. A total of 17 people were arrested by Hampshire Police working with the television channel Five to create the mock game show called The Great Big Giveaway Show. Celebrities Neil and Christine Hamilton were employed to front the show with actor Darren Day brought in to provide a voice-over. Police wrote to scores of men and women wanted for failing to pay fines or who had not answered court warrants, inviting them to the show. The letters told them they had the chance to win big cash prizes and a total of 20 were selected by police officers and asked to attend Portsmouth Guildhall on Sunday. As the "guests" arrived, they were greeted by Neil and Christine Hamilton after being frisked by a police officer dressed in a dinner suit and having their identities checked. <...> End Quote What they aren't telling you about DNA profiles and what Special Branch don't want you to know. http://www.nutteing2.freeservers.com/dnapr.htm or nutteingd in a search engine Valid email nutteing@fastmail.....fm (remove 4 of the 5 dots) Ignore any other apparent em address used to post this message - it is defunct due to spam. LMAO the good old Simpsons Free Boat scam. Gordy



"Andrew Howe"	10/5/2004 10:54:11 PM
Paul Nutteing wrote: Police wrote to scores of men and women wanted for failing to pay fines or who had not answered court warrants, inviting them to the show. The letters told them they had the chance to win big cash prizes and a total of 20 were selected by police officers and asked to attend Portsmouth Guildhall on Sunday. Aren't these things regulated? Presumably there's some sort of loophole... "Big" could mean 5 I suppose, but if only the 20 had a chance to win, at least one of them must have won a cash prize, surely? Andrew.



gordon@hammy.burditt.org (Gordon Burditt)	10/5/2004 10:07:29 PM
Police wrote to scores of men and women wanted for failing to pay fines or who had not answered court warrants, inviting them to the show. The letters told them they had the chance to win big cash prizes and a total of 20 were selected by police officers and asked to attend Portsmouth Guildhall on Sunday. Aren't these things regulated? Presumably there's some sort of loophole... "Big" could mean 5 I suppose, but if only the 20 had a chance to win, at least one of them must have won a cash prize, surely? Police officers are probably allowed to include any lies in their advertising they want. (As opposed to marketers, who just lie anyway whether it's allowed or not.) If this had been a private bounty hunter setting this up, it might be a different situation. Be careful about standing on your rights too carefully. (This example was in the USA, but it probably could happen anywhere.) It can get you in trouble. One guy got arrested for selling dope. He got off on the technicality that the police didn't have a valid chain of evidence connecting him to the dope (he threw it over a fence while being chased, or something like that, and someone else had picked it up when the police found it). So when he was being released, he asked for HIS dope back. He SIGNED A RECEIPT for the dope, CLAIMING IT WAS HIS. So the police gave it to him. But he didn't make it out the door before he was re-arrested, and convicted this time (for possession, and possession of such a large quantity that it was presumed to be for sale). There's a reason why they call it dope. Gordon L. Burditt



"Adam Gale"	10/6/2004 7:53:56 AM
"Andrew Howe" <never@you.mind> wrote in message news:4163158e$0$22751$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... Paul Nutteing wrote: Aren't these things regulated? Presumably there's some sort of loophole... "Big" could mean 5 I suppose, but if only the 20 had a chance to win, at least one of them must have won a cash prize, surely? Andrew. Yep - they get 1 off their fines for paying by Direct Debit - and they got a free ride in a police car, so that qualifies as a prize in lieu of cash as offered at the discretion of the organisers! Adam



Martyn	10/6/2004 1:42:30 PM
Paul Nutteing wrote: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3586816 Quote Tue 5 Oct 2004 2:45pm (UK) Fine-Dodgers Snared in TV Gameshow Sting <SNIP> As the "guests" arrived, they were greeted by Neil and Christine Hamilton after being frisked by a police officer dressed in a dinner suit and having their identities checked. <...> Pity they didn't lock up the Hamiltons while they were at it 8-( -- Speak to the Penguin, he is your friend.

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