MP challenges vandal, gets slap for his trouble

[bigandclever]

Oh my good gawd, it's a Tory MP and it's in the Mail

Wail said:

A man is due in court tomorrow charged with a string of offences after a Tory MP was injured when challenging an alleged bus shelter vandal. Ivans Karanovs, 20, will appear before magistrates in Peterborough accused of criminal damage, common assault, and using threatening words and behaviour. Backbencher Stewart Jackson said he tried to make a citizen's arrest on Saturday after seeing a man smash the glass with a bottle. However, the alleged culprit fled after kicking him in the chest.

Well done for stepping in, Mr Jackson.

[Negative Creep]

On a related note, it is now the law that every news article has to include the reaction from Twitter?

[s3fella]

Disappointed I don't get to read the value of the MPs house. But at least in true DM style, the perp sounds a little bit foreign.?

[Puggit]

s3fella said:

Disappointed I don't get to read the value of the MPs house. But at least in true DM style, the perp sounds a little bit foreign.?

It's Peterborough - of course he's foreign!

[Deva Link]

He's on dodgy ground making a citizen's arrest for those offences.

If the perp is foreign he'll probably get let off anyway.

[elster]

Deva Link said:

He's on dodgy ground making a citizen's arrest for those offences.

If the perp is foreign he'll probably get let off anyway.

No he isn't only dodgy ground. That is a perfectly fine example of when a citizens arrest can and should occur.