Strict application of drinking laws needed
In the Observer, Chief Inspector Jane Derrick points out the difficulty in enforcing a '˜no drinking in public' policy in Bognor.
May I also point out to Chief Inspector Derrick that being drunk and incapable or drunk and abusive is an offence under law.
Back in my youth, when I might have been liable to commit those offences, the usual result was a fine in a magistrates’ court of the equivalent of my week’s wages.
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Hide AdI believe the present penalty is £50 maximum – hardly a deterrent with today’s wages – and it seems not often applied.
Perhaps revision of the penalties and strict application of the law might have an effect.
KM Wells
Bala Crescent, Felpham