Cell ordeal for OAP in swear row; ARREST.Byline: TOM PETTIFOR A GRANDAD was woken by police at dawn and held in a cell for six hours - for using a single swear swear v. 1) to declare under oath that one will tell the truth (sometimes "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"). Failure to tell the truth, and do so knowingly, is the crime of perjury. word at a council official. Thomas Catcheside , 67, was marched to his bedroom - where his wife Deborah, 62, was asleep - and ordered to change before being driven off. He later suffered a panic attack, was given an pounds 80 fixed penalty and freed after having his DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. taken. The ex-lorry driver, who has asthma, said: "I opened the door and they barged in. I was so shocked." The arrest followed a dispute about "slippery" stairs in his block of flats. And he admits saying, in the heat of the moment, "f***ing" to an official from City Homes, a Cambridge Council-run housing association. The county's police said: "We were responding to reports of an assault. There was not enough evidence to suggest an assault but he admitted being abusive Tending to deceive; practicing abuse; prone to ill-treat by coarse, insulting words or harmful acts. Using ill treatment; injurious, improper, hurtful, offensive, reproachful. ." |
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