University Student Fined £80 for Dropping Matchstick on Oxford Pavement

The matchstick police in action!

An Oxford University student has been fined £80 by a street sweeper for dropping a matchstick on the pavement.
Smoker Demetrios Samouris, who was stopped while shopping with his girlfriend in the city centre, described the fine as 'quite harsh'.'

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Blunkett's Bobbies 'Solve Less Than One Crime Every Four Years'

Police Community Support Officers solve less than one crime every four years, according to official figures. Several of the forces who provided figures to a Freedom of Information request - in Gwent, Bedfordshire and Leicestershire - admitted that their PCSOs failed to detect a single crime in the year.

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Now that's real value for money!!!