MikeyT Posted 1 April 2011 Posted 1 April 2011 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3503279/Police-quiz-boy-aged-13-over-assault-with-marshmallow.html COPS quizzed a boy of 13 over an "assault" on another lad - with a MARSHMALLOW. Officers swooped on Nathan Watch's school in Torpoint, Cornwall, after a sweet thrown by larking kids hit the lad. Nathan's dad Nigel called the probe "pathetic". He told how he was called by the school to tell him his son was being accused of "common assault" - and would be quizzed as it had become a "police matter". Fuming Nigel, 45, said: "I asked if anyone had been injured and they said no, as the assault had been carried out by a single pink marshmallow. "Witness statements were taken from a number of pupils who had to be taken out of class. And Nathan was brought home in a police car. Unbelievable. "You'd think the police would have better things to do with their time than investigate something as trivial as this." Nathan was larking about with pals on his way to Torpoint Community College, Cornwall, when one threw a marshmallow that hit a fellow pupil. The pupil rang his parents to complain. And they called the school and cops. Devon and Cornwall Police sent a sergeant and PC to the school - even though the cash-strapped force is struggling to maintain a proper service. And ironically, the marshmallow crackdown came at a time when the justice system is being urged to go soft on legions of DRUG DEALERS. Nathan's pals were hauled out of class and told to give statements about the "attack". He was pulled out of a computer lesson. Nigel was asked to go to the school but was stranded at home in Plymouth after a back operation. The dad said: "Nathan was forced to write a formal statement in which he said he bought the packet of marshmallows but didn't like them. "So he and his friends were messing around with them when one landed on this other boy. "Nathan told me it wasn't even him who threw the marshmallow. It was his friend." Nathan said: "I didn't think in a million years it would cause this much trouble. Now I don't know what will happen." A police spokesman said an "incident" took place near the school. He added: "Further inquiries are being made."
l444ry Posted 1 April 2011 Posted 1 April 2011 What is todays date? Be interesting to see how many took this seriously!!
Alexikokopops Posted 1 April 2011 Posted 1 April 2011 What is todays date? Be interesting to see how many took this seriously!! That was my first thought. I'm currently loving the "Royal Wedding live updates on the Guardian website
MikeyT Posted 1 April 2011 Author Posted 1 April 2011 What is todays date? Be interesting to see how many took this seriously!! I thought it too, but wanted to post in anyway. Nothing would surprise me these days.
Part Of The Crowd Posted 1 April 2011 Posted 1 April 2011 To be honest, in Plymouth this could easily have been true.
Houdini Logic Posted 1 April 2011 Posted 1 April 2011 Not just on the Sun?! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372240/Police-called-school-investigate-assault-claim-boy-hits-pupil-MARSHMALLOW.html
ajthefox Posted 1 April 2011 Posted 1 April 2011 Have to admit I forgot what today was and believed the first few lines as I read them.. <_<
MikeyT Posted 1 April 2011 Author Posted 1 April 2011 Not just on the Sun?! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372240/Police-called-school-investigate-assault-claim-boy-hits-pupil-MARSHMALLOW.html Says that page no longer exists.
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