You couldn't make it up!

[ehasler]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/4297695.stm

BBC website said:

A woman who has attempted suicide four times has been banned from jumping into rivers, canals or onto railway lines. Bath magistrates granted an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) against Kim Sutton from Odd Down. The 23-year-old was rescued three times from the River Avon in Bath last year after trying to take her life. She was also found hanging from a railway parapet and police had to stop trains to rescue her. Sutton could be jailed for breaking the order. On Thursday, magistrates sentenced her for three public order offences after deciding at an earlier hearing that throwing herself into a river did constitute disorder. The Asbo seeks to prevent her doing anything which could cause alarm or distress to the public.

So instead of trying to help her, they take her to court and impose a ban...

[chris.mapey]

Don't believe you. You're making it up....



Sorry! Chris

I REALLY can't believe it though.

As you say, this woman needs help, not hitting with an ASBO.

This country............

[lanciachris]

Must be made up

[ehasler]

lanciachris said:

Must be made up

I guess I asked for that!

[dick dastardly]

Reminds me of when they thought it a good idea to give that underage driver a ban until he was old enough to take his test.

How many people on the verge of jumping on a train track are going to hold off 'cos they've been told not to?

[pzero64]

They should bring back hanging.

[chim_knee]

pzero64 said:

They should bring back hanging.

[agent006]

Surele she should be banned from NOT jumping into rivers, hence just bringing forward the inevitability of the situation.

[hornet]

Joking aside, the really depressing thing is that nobody would appear to want to help this woman. What are they going to do if she tries again and succeeds, arrest the corpse?