They provide a van to guard scum yet can provide the police with a pay deal....
A SECURITY van was sent on a 120-mile round trip to take a prisoner 200 yards.
Mark Bailey, 35, had been taken from jail to a crown court, but needed to appear before magistrates across the road.
Police said they could not frogmarch him handcuffed in public because it would breach his HUMAN RIGHTS — and there were no prison vans available.
So private firm Global Solutions had to send a van to Northampton from its base in Cambridge.
His committal hearing eventually began four and a half hours late. Bailey, accused of stealing cable from a railway line, was remanded in custody and went back to jail.
Police said: "Once a person is in the courts system, police are not responsible for their transportation.
"It would not be appropriate for prisoners to walk in a public area while in custody for reasons of public safety as well as the safety and human rights of the prisoner."...
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This one and the story below about the bins, absolute madness eh. The PC sickness is like an infection, no wait, make that a disease with no cure.
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