On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:27:23 -0500, "Duncan Bath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Poll candidate took 50 metric road >> signs >> By David Sapsted >> (Filed: 05/04/2002) >> >> A UK Independence Party candidate at the last >> general election stole dozens of road works >>signs >> because they were "illegally" showing distances >>in >> metres and not yards, a court heard yesterday. >> >> Tony Bennett, 54, a campaigner for the >>retention of >> imperial measurements, took the signs from a >> pipe-laying site in Hadlow, Kent, last July. > >The signs in question were not "showing distance" and, therefor, were not >illegal. It would appear thatTony Bennett should be charged with common >theft. >Duncan Duncan: How do you claim that they were "not showing distance"? These were signs erected by the contractor warning of distances to the works in question. And, yes, Bennett has been charged with theft and damage to the signs. Chris
