{"id":10426,"date":"2015-08-15T12:59:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T05:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-blocked-a-bailiff-and-paid-the-price\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T23:32:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T16:32:22","slug":"i-blocked-a-bailiff-and-paid-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-blocked-a-bailiff-and-paid-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I blocked a bailiff \u2013 and paid the price\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhen Ronald Grant became involved in a brawl with a JBW \u2018enforcement agent\u2019 he was arrested and lost his job. He was later completely vindicated by the Crown Prosecution ServiceWhen a bailiff from one of Britain\u2019s biggest firms of debt collectors called at gymnastics instructor Ronald Grant\u2019s flat last November little did he realise that his life was about to be turned upside down. Within 15 minutes it descended into a hallway brawl, followed by Grant\u2019s arrest, interrogation, and the police charging him with common assault. As a result of the incident, Grant claims his life has been wrecked and he has lost his income.Yet he had acted reasonably. What\u2019s more, the bailiff was trespassing and should have been arrested following the brawl, according to a later assessment by the Crown Prosecution Service, which led to all charges against Grant being dropped. A police conduct review also found police officers had misjudged the powers of entry available to bailiffs. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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