Friday 1 October 2010

OAPS: Bad to the bone

Anti-Social Behaviour Orders are normally handed out to 'hoodies' and 'yobs' rather than your granny, but lo and behold, the rebellious nans of today are happy-slapping and causing a scene just like us young'uns. Let's take a look at some of the ASBO OAPs:


Billy Reid, 72 years old
Monroe (2008) 'Council Serves ASBO on Lisburn Pensioner', Available: http://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/news/COUNCIL-SERVES-ASBO-ON-LISBURN.3778900.jp
Billy Reid was given a two-year ASBO in 2008 to prevent him from feeding bread to pigeons.


Frederick Amery, 75 years old
Metro (2010) '75-year-old ASBO OAP Frederick Amery jailed for village fete attack', Available: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/840446-70-year-old-asbo-oap-jailed-for-village-fete-attack
Amery, who was once the oldest man with an ASBO, has had 21 convictions for violent behaviour in the past six years. Some of his offences include stealing fruit from a deli, slapping a vendor at a fete and peeing against a fridge in his local Co-op.


Dorothy Evans, 82 years old
Smith (2007) 'Dorothy the Witch', Available: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2007/04/18/dorothy-the-witch-115875-18920698/, picture taken from BBC News (2008) 'ASBO OAP's digging caught on film', Available: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7619290.stm)
Dorothy Evans, the "original neighbor from Hell", abused the Casa family for 10 years before being jailed in 2007. Evans claims she suffers from deep vein thrombosis and struggles to walk even with the aid of two walking sticks, but Cardiff Crown Court have CCTV footage of her climbing over a wall and digging a hole between her and her neighbors gardens. In the past, she has called Mrs Casa a prostitute, hit her with her walking stick and also attempted to run her off the road. She once mooned the family and told them she was a witch who would kill their dog and put a curse on them. She has even put a picture of the Casa home in her window with the word 'scum' written on it.


Clearly Nanageddon is more than just a paranoid delusion of mine, but also a paranoid delusion of the state too. Awesome. And not only are there ASBO OAPs, but also happy-slapping grannies too! Here's some classics from the 'Tube:


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