Man arrested for swallowing a goldfish.

[Victor McDade]

Don't the police have anything better to do? What next, raiding restaurants which boil lobsters alive?






A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a video of him swallowing a live goldfish was posted on Facebook.

The footage showed Chris Caswell, a roofer from Newton Aycliffe, buying the goldfish in a pet shop for £1.99.

He told the person serving he lived across the road and convinced them to put the fish in a glass he had brought with him.

Mr Caswell proceeded to horrify the shopworker by swallowing the fish whole, while his friend filming the incident shouted: 'Goldfish down the hatch!'

The police were alerted after the video appeared on Facebook and
Mr Caswell was arrested on Friday on suspicion of animal cruelty.

He was released after being questioned for an hour and later told the Sun he had been drinking at the time of the incident.

'It was over a year ago. We had been out drinking at a friend's party. I can't remember much about it. I have just got a puppy. I like animals,' Mr Caswell claimed.

He must now wait to discover whether he will be charged with animal cruelty.

The video is the latest in a succession of apparent animal cruelty cases to hit the front pages, following the Mary Bale cat in a wheelie bin controversy and the cat dyed pink and thrown over a fence in Swindon

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/842043-facebook-video-...

[deevlash]

a goldfish in a pint of water was the final round of the iron stomach conpetition at my university union one year, the rspca had strop about it back then too and charges were pressed. That was about 10 years ago,

[Pothole]

The RSPCA had already dropped very low in my estimation with their stance on foxy woxies, but this is completely ridiculous. Are they going to go after anglers, too?

[XG332]

Do the rspca know about cod and chips!

[pokethepope]

[Serious Hat]

What would have happened to the fish? Presumably stomach acid would kill it, how long would this take? And how painful would it be when the bloke sts out all the sharp little bones?

[AJS-]

Anyone got the video?

[turbobloke]

XG332 said:

Do the rspca know about cod and chips!

[Citizen09]

Victor McDade said:

Don't the police have anything better to do?

In cases like this, the police simply carry out an arrest at the request of another investigatory body; the rest of the investigation - i.e. interview and any gathering of evidence - is the domain of the RSPCA. Whether it's goldfish, being swallowed, cats in bins, or dogs dumped in parks etc.

[eldar]

Citizen09 said:

Victor McDade said:

Don't the police have anything better to do?

In cases like this, the police simply carry out an arrest at the request of another investigatory body; the rest of the investigation - i.e. interview and any gathering of evidence - is the domain of the RSPCA. Whether it's goldfish, being swallowed, cats in bins, or dogs dumped in parks etc.

Do the RSPCA have the power to invertview people?

[Jasandjules]

Well I for one am glad.

But then I don't think fishing (as in commercial fishing) should be allowed the way it is, with the fish "suffocating". I would prefer them to be killed quickly and humanely, the same standards we impose upon other animals killed.

[ExChrispy Porker]

eldar said:

Citizen09 said:

Victor McDade said:

Don't the police have anything better to do?

In cases like this, the police simply carry out an arrest at the request of another investigatory body; the rest of the investigation - i.e. interview and any gathering of evidence - is the domain of the RSPCA. Whether it's goldfish, being swallowed, cats in bins, or dogs dumped in parks etc.

Do the RSPCA have the power to invertview people?

Yes but they can't arrest them. Only the police can do that.

[shakotan]

Jasandjules said:

Well I for one am glad.

But then I don't think fishing (as in commercial fishing) should be allowed the way it is, with the fish "suffocating". I would prefer them to be killed quickly and humanely, the same standards we impose upon other animals killed.

You'd better have a word with the bears and birds then...

[colonel c]

So the video plaiced Caswell at the scene of the crime then. Will he be pleading gilltee?

[FunkyNige]

AJS- said:

Anyone got the video?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=deb_1285445401

[AJS-]

colonel c said:

So the video plaiced Caswell at the scene of the crime then. Will he be pleading gilltee?

Eel be lucky not to be sent to prison for that. Cod have been dangerous too.

Thanks Nige, made me laugh.

[Man-At-Arms]

AJS- said:

Eel be lucky not to be sent to prison for that. Cod have been dangerous too.

they'll be a Plaice waiting for him in prison

[Victor McDade]

Citizen09 said:

Victor McDade said:

Don't the police have anything better to do?

In cases like this, the police simply carry out an arrest at the request of another investigatory body; the rest of the investigation - i.e. interview and any gathering of evidence - is the domain of the RSPCA. Whether it's goldfish, being swallowed, cats in bins, or dogs dumped in parks etc.

Thanks - I guess I was being a bit harsh then.

[EDLT]

ExChrispy Porker said:

eldar said:

Citizen09 said:

Victor McDade said:

Don't the police have anything better to do?

In cases like this, the police simply carry out an arrest at the request of another investigatory body; the rest of the investigation - i.e. interview and any gathering of evidence - is the domain of the RSPCA. Whether it's goldfish, being swallowed, cats in bins, or dogs dumped in parks etc.

Do the RSPCA have the power to invertview people?

Yes but they can't arrest them. Only the police can do that.

I thought the RSPCA was a charity, can't you just tell them to ps off?

[turbobloke]

AJS- said:

colonel c said:

So the video plaiced Caswell at the scene of the crime then. Will he be pleading gilltee?

Eel be lucky not to be sent to prison for that. Cod have been dangerous too.

He probably hoped they'd skate over it but it as mentioned above it was the wrong plaice to try something fishy.

[Citizen09]

EDLT said:

ExChrispy Porker said:

eldar said:

Citizen09 said:

Victor McDade said:

Don't the police have anything better to do?

In cases like this, the police simply carry out an arrest at the request of another investigatory body; the rest of the investigation - i.e. interview and any gathering of evidence - is the domain of the RSPCA. Whether it's goldfish, being swallowed, cats in bins, or dogs dumped in parks etc.

Do the RSPCA have the power to invertview people?

Yes but they can't arrest them. Only the police can do that.

I thought the RSPCA was a charity, can't you just tell them to ps off?

You can tell a police officer to do that too, in interview. Remember the caution, which starts "You do not have to say anything ... " However, there are potential consquences, as explained in the remainder of the caution.

You can't be forced to give a witness statement.