snypher 14 hours ago

>A bail document seen by The Telegraph refers to an allegation of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and a further allegation of stalking related to a photograph of a house that appeared on his social media... re-arrested in October for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. However, that charge was later dropped...The firearms and stalking allegations were also dropped but Mr Richelieu-Booth was charged with a public order offence relating to a different social media post...charged with an offence of displaying “any writing/sign/visible representation with intent to cause harassment/alarm or distress”. However, that charge was also later dropped, he said.

Quite the gaggle of charges flying about!

flave 12 hours ago

Something very strange is going on in this case. Reading between the lines, there’s someone specific (forgive the cliche but, perchance, an ex wife) who either is being intentionally and subtly threatened, or feels that way.

The article is just missing some really obvious key points - what was written in the LinkedIn post? Whose house was in the image?

The headline is written for maximum clicks in the US advertising market. If an ex husband is posting pictures of his ex wife’s house and cryptic threatening messages on LinkedIn (not saying he was, but if he was) that’s a very different story from “man is arrested for photo with gun”.

On the other hand, the police in my beloved country (including the WYP) never cease in their hard work to make mistakes in some new unfathomable way. So it’s entirely possible that this story is just exactly what it seems on first inspection.

jalapenos 13 hours ago

Someone really doesn't like him

  • slater an hour ago

    or, and hear me out here, he might have done something illegal?

    • jalapenos 11 minutes ago

      Come on, it's the UK - that would've guaranteed the police ignored him completely.

randombits0 14 hours ago

It looks pretty bad but I have a hunch that we don’t know the whole truth.

  • slater 14 hours ago

    yerrrp... from the article:

    "A bail document seen by The Telegraph refers to an allegation of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and a further allegation of stalking related to a photograph of a house that appeared on his social media."

    just variant #9812981837 of the "which opinions, MFer??" goose meme merry-go-round