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Granny Arrested

October 9th 2006 23:23
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A grandma from Derbyshire, England was recently arrested after her neighbours called the cops on her. And for what?

No, she wasn’t doing pot, or beating up kids with a wooden spoon. She wasn’t even stabbing people with her knitting needles or poisoning people with her homemade pies. In fact, the poor woman did nothing.


Angela Hickling was arrested because she allegedly refused to return a ball kicked into her garden by her neighbours. She argued that there was no ball in her garden but her neighbours insisted that Mrs Hickling had taken it.

After the humiliation of being handcuffed in front of the entire street and being taken away for questioning, police searched Mrs Hickling’s home, only to find there indeed was no stolen ball on the premises.

And you know what I think? I think her next-door neighbour needs to get a life. Maybe you kicked it into someone else’s garden by accident. Maybe you still have the ball at your house, you just haven’t looked properly. Or maybe the ball rolled down the street and into a river far, far away.

Whatever the reason, did it really require the involvement of law enforcement officers?
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Comment by Chantal

October 10th 2006 01:31
That's awful! Completely disrespectful and even dangerous, imagine if the shock had caused a heart attack or something.

It also seems like the police have very little to do in that town if it was taken seriously in the first place. For shame!

Comment by Ragin Cajun

October 10th 2006 03:54
Good Lord, what a loser! Who calls the cops over a frickin' ball?

^ I agree with Chantal. Why did the police take those people seriously in the first place? They could have talked politely with the lady like, y'know, normal people. What's with the handcuffing? That must be one sleepy town if the local law enforcement officers are itching to use their cuffs, even on a grandma.

Comment by Stanley

October 10th 2006 09:49
the law is an ass.

Comment by katyzzz

October 10th 2006 12:10
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getting the generations together?

And what does it do for you? Just have a look and let your mind take over.
Whatever it suggests to you, there's no right or wrong answer.

There are two blogs, you'll need to check out both, both links are on my logo.

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I loved your image, what a great photo, if a little old fashioned.

Comment by Legally Brunette

October 10th 2006 13:40
I think Ragin Cajun said it. Where have all the normal people gone?!?




Comment by Ahmed

October 10th 2006 16:52
why are the police so stupid to arrest an old woman over a ball?

Comment by Legally Brunette

October 11th 2006 12:50
Hmm, not too sure. Maybe there's another side to the story that we're missing here. Perhaps the gran got really aggressive and violent and needed to be restrained??

Comment by Ahmed

October 11th 2006 12:52
Yes, maybe she was also armed with a mini gun too...

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