{"id":46635,"date":"2017-03-04T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/violent-criminals-get-off-lighter-than-people-late-with-their-water-bill\/"},"modified":"2017-03-04T14:16:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T07:16:22","slug":"violent-criminals-get-off-lighter-than-people-late-with-their-water-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/violent-criminals-get-off-lighter-than-people-late-with-their-water-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent criminals get off lighter than people late with their water bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe punishment meted out to late payers can be worse than that given for rape, violent disorder or child abductionPut the following crimes and misdemeanours in order of severity: violent disorder, possessing a firearm, rape, child abduction, or being three months late with your water bill. I think we\u2019d all agree to put the water bill last. Yet the punishment meted out to late payers can, remarkably, be worse than for all the other crimes I listed.You might be thinking this can\u2019t possibly be true. But in November the Guardian reported how Greater Manchester police gave \u201cslap on the wrist\u201d cautions for rapes as well as multiple other serious crimes. A caution means the offender does not go to court and does not get a criminal record. While the caution will remain on your record for the purposes of DBS checks for six years, when it comes to things like applying for a job it is \u201cspent\u201d (ie, does not have to be disclosed) within three months. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/mar\/04\/late-bill-payers-punished-worse-than-criminals\" target=\"_blank\">Violent criminals get off lighter than people late with their water bill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The punishment meted out to late payers can be worse than that given for rape,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-c8b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88395,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/governments-green-subsidy-tinkering-to-cost-bill-payers-an-extra-1-5bn\/","url_meta":{"origin":46635,"position":0},"title":"Government\u2019s green subsidy tinkering to cost bill payers an extra \u00a31.5bn","date":"May 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Government\u2019s green subsidy tinkering to cost bill payers an extra \u00a31.5bn","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42523,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/energy-bill-payers-face-spiralling-cost-of-1bn-winter-power-scheme\/","url_meta":{"origin":46635,"position":1},"title":"Energy bill payers face spiralling cost of \u00a31bn winter power scheme","date":"February 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Energy bill payers face spiralling cost of \u00a31bn winter power scheme","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133724,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-private-renters-could-save-billions-if-energy-efficiency-minimum-is-raised\/","url_meta":{"origin":46635,"position":2},"title":"UK private renters could save billions if energy efficiency minimum is raised","date":"January 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Bill payers stand to collectively save billions if minimum standard raised to a C rating, research suggestsRaising the minimum standard of energy efficiency to a C rating for privately rented homes would save bill payers about \u00a3570 a year, research has found.This would amount to annual savings totalling \u00a31.75bn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30721,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortgage-payers-who-were-double-billed-to-get-compensation-from-banks\/","url_meta":{"origin":46635,"position":3},"title":"Mortgage payers who were &#039;double-billed&#039; 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