YouTuber's phone thrown in hedge by Fireman

[Puddenchucker]

I don't know what to make of this one:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23603712.norfolk-fire...

I can understand the frustration of Emergency Service workers with members of the public seemingly filming everything they do on the scene of an incident and possibly getting in the way or putting themselves at risk.

Interesting that the 'victim' claims he's "press", presumably because he posts on YouTube.

What's the likely outcome for the Fireman, if found to be in the wrong, both from the internal Fire Service investigation and any possible Police investigation?

[Zetec-S]

Obviously the fireman shouldn't have done that, but Mr Evans sounds like a tt so hard to have too much sympathy for him.

[pavarotti1980]

Puddenchucker said:

I don't know what to make of this one:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23603712.norfolk-fire...

I can understand the frustration of Emergency Service workers with members of the public seemingly filming everything they do on the scene of an incident and possibly getting in the way or putting themselves at risk.

Interesting that the 'victim' claims he's "press", presumably because he posts on YouTube.

What's the likely outcome for the Fireman, if found to be in the wrong, both from the internal Fire Service investigation and any possible Police investigation?

Very much doubt anything from the police but he might have words of advice from management

Bloke complaining sounds like a right helmet though. Not sure on his stance of being freelance journalist/photographer. Just sounds like an annoying prick...oh hang on

[Zarco]

Is that the Geordie spelling for hedge?

[trickywoo]

pavarotti1980 said:

Very much doubt anything from the police but he might have words of advice from management

Bloke complaining sounds like a right helmet though. Not sure on his stance of being freelance journalist/photographer. Just sounds like an annoying prick...oh hang on

Isn’t the taking of something by force robbery?

[Tribal Chestnut]

trickywoo said:

Isn’t the taking of something by force robbery?

Don’t you need to intend to keep it? I’d have thought possibly criminal damage &/or some sort of trifling assault type charge.

[trickywoo]

Tribal Chestnut said:

trickywoo said:

Isn’t the taking of something by force robbery?

Don’t you need to intend to keep it? I’d have thought possibly criminal damage &/or some sort of trifling assault type charge.

I don’t know but logically if you say somebody can forcibly take something and throw it away couldn’t every mugger rely on that defence? They could have a mate unseen on the other side of an alley fence for example.

Would they be in the clear if they waited for the police and said we had an altercation and I threw his phone over the fence, who knows where it landed? Not my problem.

[Mr E]

“I was protecting the member of the public from assault. By me, about 30 seconds later if he’d kept filming”

[Puddenchucker]

Zarco said:

Is that the Geordie spelling for hedge?

It's my disobedient fingers and as you're probably aware it's not possible for us mere users to edit a topic title.

[KAgantua]

Press disabled guy is a bit annoying, but Fireman way overstepped the mark.

[KTMsm]

It's what happens when two tts meet, although if the guy was on a path 100m from the fire I'd suggest he isn't really doing anything wrong

I can understand why emergency services get frustrated when they're trying to save lives and others are filming for entertainment but I suspect that's a daily occurance - indeed there are many TV programmes based upon it

[Ninja59]

Both as bad as each other really. The fire service even just from an image perspective should have issued an apology imo.

[pavarotti1980]

trickywoo said:

Isn’t the taking of something by force robbery?

No because for robbery there has to be a theft and the threat of or use of force is immediately before or at the time of the act of theft

Edited by pavarotti1980 on Thursday 22 June 10:45

[CanAm]

pavarotti1980 said:

Very much doubt anything from the police but he might have words of advice from management

Bloke complaining sounds like a right helmet though. Not sure on his stance of being freelance journalist/photographer. Just sounds like an annoying prick...oh hang on

"Mr Evans - who suffers from scoliosis of the spine, hip dysplasia and chronic arthritis throughout his body - then pursues Mr Linden on foot.

[Art Keller]

CanAm said:

pavarotti1980 said:

Very much doubt anything from the police but he might have words of advice from management

Bloke complaining sounds like a right helmet though. Not sure on his stance of being freelance journalist/photographer. Just sounds like an annoying prick...oh hang on

"Mr Evans - who suffers from scoliosis of the spine, hip dysplasia and chronic arthritis throughout his body - then pursues Mr Linden on foot.

one hopes Mr Evans isn't claiming Personal Independence Payment.........and demonstrating he can walk

[sugerbear]

He has 1350 subscribers. Think of the impact on the people he deprived of watching a video. Terrible.

[Rick101]

Absolute legend!

Glad they haven't issued an apology.
Fire and Rescue. Just getting on with it. Top man.

[Grumps.]

Rick101 said:

Absolute legend!

Glad they haven't issued an apology.
Fire and Rescue. Just getting on with it. Top man.

Totally agree!

[trickywoo]

pavarotti1980 said:

trickywoo said:

Isn’t the taking of something by force robbery?

No because for robbery there has to be a theft and the threat of or use of force is immediately before or at the time of the act of theft

Edited by pavarotti1980 on Thursday 22 June 10:45

Did the guy give him the phone?

[Mr_Megalomaniac]

Puddenchucker said:

YouTuber's phone thrown in headge by Fireman

Good.