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Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« on: June 12, 2008, 11:13:04 AM »
This just beggars belief, ok fair play to the neighbour who heard the thud but the action of the police is just crazy.

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A man ended up being arrested and charged - after laughing too much at BBC TV's Have I Got News For You.

Chris Cocker, 36, from Blackburn, was chuckling so vigorously at a comment by comedy panellist Paul Merton that he fell off the sofa.

A concerned neighbour in the flat below heard the thud and called the police.

But when he refused to co-operate, Cocker was arrested. He admitted in court to resisting a police officer and was given a conditional discharge.

A charge of assaulting a police officer was withdrawn when Cocker appeared before magistrates in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Mr Cocker said: "I fell off the settee in hysterics and hit the floor and got myself up and started carrying on watching the telly and the next thing I know there was a knock on the door.

"The bit where I lost it the most was when I shut the door and the policeman had stuck his foot in the doorway and was refusing to let me shut my own front door."

After being sprayed with pepper spray, Mr Cocker was put into a police van and taken to a police station where he said he was stripped naked and spent a night in the cells.

A spokesman for Lancashire Police said officers used a pepper spray as "reasonable force" for their own protection after they feared for their safety when he became aggressive.

Have I Got News For You, currently in its 35th series, has been running on the BBC for almost 20 years and involves celebrity guests answering questions and cracking jokes about current affairs.
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 11:32:11 AM »
The most bizarre thing about this is that he fell off his seat laughing his arse off at "I have got news for you"....lock him up now !!!!!!!!!
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 11:45:28 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on June 12, 2008, 11:32:11 AM
The most bizarre thing about this is that he fell off his seat laughing his arse off at "I have got news for you"....lock him up now !!!!!!!!!

Don't tell me you find 'Little Britain' funny.  noooo:
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 11:47:09 AM »
And they want to issue all police officers with Tasers?  eeek:

Talk about over-reaction .... I can picture the scene. Police knock at door and man answers it. "Sorry to bovver you sir but your neighbour heard a noise and called us"
Man "I fell off the settee"
Police "Oh yes ~ and you expect us to believe that"
Man "Well yes I do because it is the truth"
Police "Well we'll just come inside and check"
Man (getting pissed off) "No you won't" and tries to shut door
Police "OH yes we will matey ~ we 'ave reason to believe that a crime may 'ave been committed" Places size thirteen boot in doorway.
Man "Piss off and get a fvcking warrant"
Police "You are obstructing me in the course of my duty"
Man "Fvck off and get a fvcking warrent if you want to come in here"
Police squirting pepper spray into man's face "Right Grab 'im Nobby while I check the place out"
Policeman walks round house and finds nothing ~ hasty consultation with his mate (AKA Back-up)
"Shit there is nothing here .... we'd better arrest him and charge him with obstruction to cover our arses"
« Last Edit: June 12, 2008, 11:52:18 AM by Snoopy »
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 12:14:33 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on June 12, 2008, 11:32:11 AM
The most bizarre thing about this is that he fell off his seat laughing his arse off at "I have got news for you"....lock him up now !!!!!!!!!

Nothing wrong with HIGNFY Miss D, although I do prefer Mock the Week.  whistle:

I will be watching it on Friday to see what they make of the story though.
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2008, 12:21:51 PM »
A concerned neighbour in the flat below heard the thud and called the police

One thud and the police are called? Having lived in a flat I wouldn't have called the police. There is always going to be the odd thud and anyway, if concerned, then why not pop upstairs and knock on the door yourself.

Calling the police  ::)
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2008, 12:26:03 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on June 12, 2008, 12:21:51 PM
A concerned neighbour in the flat below heard the thud and called the police

One thud and the police are called? Having lived in a flat I wouldn't have called the police. There is always going to be the odd thud and anyway, if concerned, then why not pop upstairs and knock on the door yourself.

Calling the police  ::)
I suppose it is better than reporting a funny smell… having not seen the old boy upstairs for the past three months… and having eighty-five bottles of milk left outside and making it difficult to get up the stairs…etc.  noooo:
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2008, 12:33:27 PM »
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Chris Cocker, 36

Anyway, if said concerned neighbour had knocked and didn't get an answer then is the time to call the police.
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2008, 12:36:56 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on June 12, 2008, 12:33:27 PM
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Chris Cocker, 36

Anyway, if said concerned neighbour had knocked and didn't get an answer then is the time to call the police.

Quite so. The lad might have fallen off his inflatable friend and broken his neck.
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2008, 12:51:15 PM »
Frankly I'm amazed they even managed to find a policman let alone persuade him out of a car to investigate a thump on the ceiling/floor.
I could fire a gun down our High Street and the buggers wouldn't show up until Friday week.
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2008, 01:36:31 PM »
Like many stories in the news there seems to be more to it than is reported. 
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2008, 01:41:18 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on June 12, 2008, 01:36:31 PM
Like many stories in the news there seems to be more to it than is reported. 

I'm sure there is ~ but why spoil a good thread for the sake of accuracy?
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2008, 05:53:51 PM »
Yet more bizarre goings on...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7449855.stm

in Sainsbury's  eeek:
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2008, 05:57:00 PM »
Note to self: NEVER complain about anyone queue jumping ever again.   eeek:
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Re: Arrested for laughing too much in his own home
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2008, 05:57:28 PM »
That guy has to be a total nutter.
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