British prisons are becoming known for their cushy
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In Britain, a boss discovered that an employee had written himself a check for £845 (us$1,365) from his business. He promptly marched the employee to a nearby police station bearing a sign saying “thief.”

The thief then turned around and sued his boss for “humiliating him.” He won—and the boss was forced to pay the employee £13,000 (us$21,000). Incredibly, the police had actually charged the boss with false imprisonment.

The boss, Simon Cremer, who runs a flooring business, said, “It’s absolutely disgusting that he was even able to sue me after he had stolen from me. I don’t want to give him a penny after what he did; it really sticks in my throat. He stole from me yet he is the one walking away with the money.”

The thief, Mark Gilbert, was let off with just a police caution.

Commenting on the above judgment, Express columnist and historian Leo McKinstry said (February 17)
The machinery of the state seems to have become a giant protection racket for the criminal classes while the law-abiding public is neglected or punished. In the eyes of the state, infringing the so-called rights of criminals is regarded as a far more serious offence than a real crime of theft or fraud.

The whole sorry episode could serve as a metaphor for what has gone so badly wrong in our legal system. The thief ends up richer while the victim is hammered. No society with any moral self-confidence would tolerate this sort of nonsense for a moment. But the case clearly shows why criminals feel they can act with impunity, knowing that the state is too supine to challenge them. So burglars, shoplifters, illegal immigrants, benefit cheats, drug addicts and squatters can cause mayhem and misery without ever having to face any real consequences for their actions. Indeed in many cases—such as Gilbert’s — they will actually be rewarded.
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