The old-age '違反者／犯罪者s': 世代 of 年輩の turned into 犯罪のs

By Paul Bentley for the Daily Mail
Updated: 00:43 BST, 3 April 2010

Rollerblader Pensioner Geoff Dornan, 71, who appeared in 法廷，裁判所 for Rollerblading 危険に in public

記録，記録的な／記録する numbers of pensioners are 存在 criminalised for trivial offences by 的-driven police.

Officers 逮捕（する） 40 上級の 国民s every day in Britain on 普通の／平均（する）, 公式の／役人 人物／姿／数字s show.

Their 罪，犯罪s 範囲 from failing to 支払う／賃金 a 罰金 for overfilling a wheelie 貯蔵所 to not wearing a seatbelt or chopping a 隣人's hedge without 許可.

Many are 存在 punished for the first time after １０年間s of がまんするing by the 法律.

Critics say these '平易な collar' 逮捕（する）s are part of a 冷笑的な 運動 to 会合，会う police 業績／成果 的s.

人物／姿／数字s from 軍隊s around the UK 明らかにする／漏らす that a staggering 44,321 pensioners were 逮捕（する）d over the past three years.

Previous 見積（る）s of 'grey 罪，犯罪' have せいにするd 2,000 offences a year to the over-65s.

But since 2007, the number of 年輩の people 存在 逮捕（する）d has reached more than 12,000 a year. Last year a 記録，記録的な／記録する 13,000 over-65s felt the long arm of the 法律.

The 人物／姿／数字s, 得るd by the Daily Mail under the Freedom of （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 行為／法令／行動する, have astonished 選挙運動者s for the 年輩の.

They have （刑事）被告 the 政府 of criminalising the retired of Middle England for minor misdemeanours instead of chasing the real villains.

The true number of over-65s 存在 運ぶ／漁獲高d before the 法廷，裁判所s could be far higher if 起訴s by 地元の 当局 are taken into account.

The 罰 手渡すd out to a greatgrandmother caught selling a goldfish to a 十代の少年少女 in a 会議 sting oper ation 原因（となる）d 乱暴／暴力を加える this week.

Pet shop owner Joan Higgins, 66, was electronically tagged, 罰金d £1,000 and placed under 外出禁止令 for 侮辱する／軽蔑するing new animal 福利事業 法律s which 禁止（する） the sale of pets to under-16s.

Police have been criticised for a 一連の 出来事/事件s 伴う／関わるing the 年輩の where officers have been （刑事）被告 of 激しい-手渡すd-ness. They 含む a Christian grandmother who was （刑事）被告 of a hate 罪，犯罪 after 令状ing to her 会議 to complain about a gay pride march.

A 70-year-old in Cheshire, who had never been in trouble with the 法律, was 逮捕（する）d for 犯罪の 損失 after cutting 支援する a 隣人's conifers too vigorously.

Yesterday 退役軍人 TV presenter Esther Rantzen said: 'I don't think we are talking about people taking up 強盗 at the age of 退職 or ギャング（個々） grannies.'

The 69-year-old former That's Life presenter, who is standing for 議会 in the Luton South seat as an 独立した・無所属 候補者, 追加するd:

'As a result of ludicrous 法律制定 brought in by the 政府, jobsworths enshrined in 法律 are 選ぶing on the 年輩の for minor 違反s of unimportant 法律s to 会合，会う their 的s.'

The 人物／姿／数字s 得るd from 53 軍隊s 示すd around 90 per cent of 逮捕（する）s 伴う／関わるd 年輩の men rather than women.

モーターing offences, 含むing not wearing a seatbelt, （不足などを）補う half the 事例／患者s dealt with by the 法廷，裁判所s. 辞退するing to 受託する a wheelie 貯蔵所 罰金 can also lead to 法廷，裁判所.

自由主義の 民主党員 MP Chris Huhne said: 'These 記録，記録的な／記録する 人物／姿／数字s are a result of 労働 creating a new 罪，犯罪 for every day in office, rather than an OAP crimewave.

労働's 遺産／遺物 will be to have criminalised a 世代 and 扱う／治療するd tens of thousands of 法律-がまんするing middle-老年の and 年輩の 国民s like villains.'

A 広報担当者 for Saga said: 'These 人物／姿／数字s are very 関心ing. It may be that police find it easier to feel the collar of a 勇敢な pensioner.

'There also seems to be a 範囲 of new offences brought in by the 政府 that don't seem to be based on ありふれた sense. It's a question of police trying to 派手に宣伝する up 逮捕（する） 人物／姿／数字s rather than catching the real deviants in society.'

Criminologist Dr David Green, director of the Civitas think 戦車／タンク, said: 'The 政府 says it doesn't have 的s. But many police 軍隊s have their own 的s and want to look good? -? so they are going for the 平易な collar not for the hard 犯罪のs.'

There are 4.8million over-65s living in England and むちの跡s, making up 10.3 per cent of the total 全住民.

Policing 大臣 David Hanson 主張するd the 年輩の are not 存在 vilified to 会合，会う 的s.

A 広報担当者 for the Police 連合, which 代表するs officers in England and むちの跡s, 否定するd making '平易な collar' 逮捕（する）s, 追加するing: 'These 人物／姿／数字s 反映する a growing ageing 全住民.'

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