I met a guy called Paul today at work.

[whoami]

Red 4 said:

Not as a result of that murder or anything else I was subjected to but as a result of a serious assault - a career ending assault - on me.

Edited by Red 4 on Sunday 28th June 19:13

Sorry to hear that.

Was your attacker caught and prosecuted?

[Red 4]

whoami said:

Sorry to hear that.

Was your attacker caught and prosecuted?

He was.

By me.

I made sure he didn't get away. I believe the term is "walking wounded".

Edited by Red 4 on Sunday 28th June 21:19

[whoami]

Red 4 said:

whoami said:

Sorry to hear that.

Was your attacker caught and prosecuted?

He was.

By me.

I made sure he didn't get away. I believe the term is "walking wounded".

Edited by Red 4 on Sunday 28th June 21:19

Well done.

Were you "pleased" at his sentence , i.e. was it in line with your expectations?

[RogueTrooper]

I have found this thread interesting, even coming from the same side of the fence so to speak.

Dibble, Red 4 - you have my best wishes.

[julianc]

Dibble said:

I'm guessing your profile pic is near the sand dunes at St Anne's/Pontins, or the coast road at Formby/Southport?

Spot on with St Annes/Pontins - a number of TVRs were lining up for the factory workforce support rally in 2006. Very emotional when we arrived at the factory to find the workforce - who had been kicked out of the factory early because Smolenski wanted an empty factory when we arrived - waiting outside and cheering us.

[Silver Smudger]

I wanted to be a policeman, back when I was at school. I was not nearly tall enough and my career went in a very different direction. As an adult, I selfishly realise that I am glad I never got into the 'job' but I am very glad that there are those who are stronger than me who can, and do, do the job that I could not, for all of us.

I have, at different times, been good friends with officers, urgently needed their help, and I have also wished they had not been there to see when I had been doing something stupid or careless.

I have never met a policeman who was less than polite, professional and worthy of respect - whether I met them socially or in the line of duty.

To all of you, boys and girls in blue - Thank you.

[croyde]

Thanks to Dibble for starting this thread. Very sobering reading about what can happen if you live alone and what the BiB must face when it does happen.

Cheers guys.

I had a heart attack 6 years ago and I was alone with my very young kids and it still scares me to this day if I had not managed to call 999.