I continually see these 'beggars' right next to cash machines and many of them seem far too well fed and have a fancy smart phone they 'play on' whist begging. Why dont plod come down hard on them?
Well.. where are the plod? Surely actually doing relevant police work. Moving along beggers is not top of their priorities especially due to cuts and less plod being on the street.
Some beggars rely on the public to eat (granted not all) this may be a reason why.
He won't be locked up for begging, though - he will be punished for rape and rightly so.
Two different issues - not all beggars are rapists and not all rapists are beggars.
How would you deal with beggars? Fine them, send them to prison?
all the beggars down our street sit watching HDTVs while their valets bring them caviar on toast. Sometimes I wonder if they're actually poor at all. But beggars who rape should get the same sentences as rich men who rape (though in reality I imagine the latter hire good lawyers and don't get sentenced at all).
A homeless man in my local area was killed just a few days ago when he was set alight by two men with lighter fluid whilst sleeping.
Fake beggars are a scourge but that some people genuinely need to beg is heartbreaking.
"YMB, if you look at my news link, you'll see beggers who are arrested, when set free find themselves exactly where they were."
So by your logic then we might as well not arrest any burglars (not that plod seem to bother any more) or any other criminal for that matter as they will only go on to reoffend.
There are many, as shown here, who do not need to beg. They are still beggars but clearly not on the bones of their *** so not 'down and out' if you like.
We are talking about those on this thread - see the OP.