Can you believe this?

[awa355]

What's your take on this?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8106322/Medal-thief-can-keep-100k-reward-court-rules.

[malfunconz]

typical , well judged .....JUDGE

[Berries]

I'd give him a medal.

[JimO]

what happened to the proceeds of crime bit

[Macontour]

Yeah, dumb decision but the Police may be looking at the Proceeds of Crime legislation to get the $$$$ back that way.

[caseye]

I'd happily apply the Metal to him, I'd even give him a few more as permanent memento's of his crime!
How fucking sick are we?
This like everything else will be(has been recorded/reported) and then forgotten.
What needs to happen is the People of NZ need to get off their well rounded arses and go outside and clobber a politician, until they get the point.
"No more free money"
A quote I directly attribute to ol Danny Watson now of radio ZB fame, a young fella who used to be totally pro Maori and prisoners.
Who these days has come to believe that giving crims and dole bludgers anymore is NOT the answer.
BUTT!

[Asher]

Good decision. People would stop making deals with the police if they thought the police wouldn't honour it.

[oneofsix]

Didn't we do well getting rid of the privy council. One of the three got it right. Lesson for to day dear crimes is to ensure you get a "reward" for information on your crime because you are allowed to keep this even though it is a direct consequence of your crime. :woohoo:

Just like the lawyers that fraudulently ripped off the system on their travel expenses, the one that didn't feel remorse got to legally keep his whilst the other had already returned his. So if you do get the money fight to hold on to it, against all that is right and proper you will most likely succeed and even if you don't it only costs the tax payer. :sick:

[BigAl]

Unbelievable, oh well the government will need to recover this.

Perhaps let's raise fuel tax, lower speed limits thereby creating more revenue, increase mv acc levies... oh wait we already did this

Oh well let's give ourselves a raise.

[Phantom Limb]

He can keep the money....
And one of the medals too! But only if it's affixed to his forehead with a nailgun. :angry:

[scumdog]

Good decision. People would stop making deals with the police if they thought the police wouldn't honour it.


The beauty is: It wasn't the Police's money!:woohoo:

[James Deuce]

It's about time we rewarded clever people for being clever.