Gee whizz,
Reminds me of an incident a couple of years ago. My lad just bought his 1st motor, Lowered astra and tarted up with all the bobbles. His pride and joy. Three times it got damaged and by the same lads. he complained to the plods on each occassion and the little prats got a ticking off. It cost our lad a couple of hundred quid to repair. One of the mob told him he was going to do his motor again, which he did in front of plenty witnesses and our lad. Our lad punched his lights out and was promptly arrested and was told, "if you want to smack him make sure there aint no witnesses" The only witnesses were the neighbours who were on his side. Prat got off, our lad fined £75 for assault and crim record. The prat did it again but this time was caught red handed by the plods and was arrested and charged. Our lad had to take 5 days off work (WITHOUT PAY) in the next couple of years to appear in court as a witness due to adjournments (most of the time the prat didnt turn up for court). After a long period of hearing nothing our lad enquired about the outcome only to be told the case had been dropped due to the prat being charged with a more serious offence which led to him being banged up for a couple of years. Methinks if they had banged him up in the 1st place he wouldnt have commited a more serious offence. Little comfort to our lad whos out of pocket.
So know how you feel m8
ARH1