Pensioner refused to pay for door smashed by police
21st April 2009
Mary Reason, 73, returned home from shopping to find her front door smashed down and a squad of police waiting.
The pensioner was due to give evidence at court but officers became concerned when she failed to contact witness services for three days.
Police broke down the door to her home in Staverton, near Gloucester, then billed Mrs Reason for £100 to pay for the cost of repairing the damage.
Now the pensioner is refusing to pay.
I’m a pensioner who has had a stroke and I shouldn’t have to deal with stuff like this from the police,” she said,
“They had no reason to break in. I get home and I find them in the house. The curtains were open and everything was neat and tidy.
“They could have just walked round and seen there were no problems. I won’t be paying – I shouldn’t have to.”
Well. There it is.
- Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
- Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. (Oops — it already does, wherever fine drugs are sold.)