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Saturday the 18th of November 2006 cb

Bernard Frimpong the pervert gets caught.
He said he started out as a street photographer and it just got harder to get a good photo.
Bright sunny day, 10C, 10 mph SW wind, 1013 mb, 60% rh.
A beautiful cool day.


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John Cooper15-Jun-2007 18:53
That could be a bad precedent Routerer.
Making it a crime to be in possession of something that could be used to commit an offence. Means that every male in the world will be arrested for intent to rape.
routerer15-Jun-2007 12:39
Any male on a street with a camera should be arrested.
Being in possession of a camera is proof of intent.
john.
John Cooper21-Nov-2006 21:08
They were, but they are not now, which is rather ironic.
Dave Beedon21-Nov-2006 20:29
Things are not "looking up" for Bernard.
John Cooper20-Nov-2006 09:18
Larry, Frimpong was caught "perverting" charged with the offence, released on bail, pending a court case, and carried on "perverting". Officially this should mean a more severe punishment.
1moremile20-Nov-2006 01:42
What does it mean "He was bailed but carried on."? I can read English but there is still a language barrier of sorts.
John Cooper19-Nov-2006 11:01
Exzim,
There is no doubt this Frimpong knew he was committing a criminal offence, and is what most people would call a pervert.
The trouble is because of cases like this every photographer is tarred with the same brush.
A womans skirt lifting in the wind and being caught accidentally on film ? is not indecency, it is luck.
Generally Papperazzi only target famous people. People who love publicity as long as it is on their own terms. I have no sympathy for them.
John Cooper18-Nov-2006 21:41
Exzim, My life runs on two rules.
No.1 Everything I say or do will annoy/upset/offend somebody sometime.
No.2 So what.
Actually I am not that bad, but I do find that cynicism increases exponentially with advancing age.
John Cooper18-Nov-2006 21:16
Julian, Frimpong is only 10" tall, that goes with what my mum taught me years ago, never trust a short man.
exzim18-Nov-2006 19:54
I would have thought its clear what is permissable in a public place, and what is intrusive - although I acknowledge the papparazzi debate exists. But surely and seriously this is outside the bounds of permitted photography and he would have known it was. Interestingly, if you're photographing people walking in a public place and wind blew a womans skirt skywards - ala Marilyn Monroe - and you took a picture, is that 'indecency'.
Julian Plant18-Nov-2006 19:03
Ah, the slippery slope... thank goodness we don't know anyone like that.
Actually, this is a bit misleading, Frimpong appears to be 10" high which would give him
no alternative as far as viewpoint goes (assuming I got the right Frimpong when I searched PBase)
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