On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Biddy Greene<[email protected]> wrote: > > They were here (Perth Road) yesterday - I think about 3 of them. I > said no thanks and away they went. But I would be interested - if > anyone out there knows the law - in knowing whether it is (as Kat > implies) illegal to walk up and knock on someone's front door if > there's no locked gate between the front door and the road. >
Common sense dictates that it is not. If it was illegal then ANYONE coming into your property to knock at your door would be breaking the law. Imagine your friends and other legitimate visitors being locked up simply for walking up to your door! I would imagine they start really committing the crime of trespassing once you have identified them and asked them to leave. I would imagine of course if they are doing anything other than ringing the bell or knocking on the door and waiting for an answer that they could be considered to be trespassing. If they have jumped a locked gate or the fence then they are even more likely to be up to no good and are certainly trespassing. Even then trying to get charges laid and a conviction for trespassing would probably be next to impossible. But as you said a sound legal explanation would be handy Trev --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
