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**King_of_the_Burpas** · 03-02-2012, 21:38

Can you be arrested for telling someone to "fuck off"? Any Rozzers know the answer?

I don't mean on here, I mean in the street.

Would it be up to a judge and jury to decide if the person you told to "fuck off" deserved the advice administered or is telling someone to "fuck off" an immediate offence with lots of paperwork?

I say this because I told an old woman to "fuck off" today and she threatened to report me to the RSPCA, which was a bit odd, imho.

It's a grey area.

I don't tell everybody I meet to "fuck off", just the ones who deserve it. But my notion of 'deserving' may be at odds with society's.

**Ambush-set** · 03-02-2012, 21:40

Fuck off.

**Arters** · 03-02-2012, 21:41

Did she catch you slipping her Scotty a crippler?

**King_of_the_Burpas** · 03-02-2012, 21:42

Originally Posted by Ambush-set

Fuck off.

But does it make a difference if you tell me to fuck off in a mildly comical way, or if you have real menace in your voice as you lean over my pram and shout "fuck off" with an angry voice?

**dhobidust** · 03-02-2012, 21:42

oh fuck off

(Well it is the NAAFI)

No idea mate guess it depends on what mood the police are in, circumstances, was it said in a threatening manner all sorts of variables

**Bollock-chops** · 03-02-2012, 21:45

I think technically its GBH, but the level of harm is how she reacted, if she fainted in shock at your outburst you would get bounced hard, if she told you to fuck off as a reply, you'ld be labelled as bad as each other.

**King_of_the_Burpas** · 03-02-2012, 21:45

Originally Posted by dhobidust

oh fuck off

(Well it is the NAAFI)

No idea mate guess it depends on what mood the police are in, circumstances, was it said in a threatening manner all sorts of variables

Well it was more threatening to the old bag I told to "fuck off" than to me. But that's my point. Could I have been nicked for verbal assault or for saying "fuck off" in a threatening manner?

If it's down to the mood of Plod on the day, I think there's an issue here, to be frank.

**Arters** · 03-02-2012, 21:47

Who the fcuk is Frank, is he ex Signals?

**Nickhere** · 03-02-2012, 21:48

Yes. It's called 'abusive or threatening language" and one of my soldiers got smashed with it last year.

**King_of_the_Burpas** · 03-02-2012, 21:51

Originally Posted by Arters

Who the fcuk is Frank, is he ex Signals?

I have no idea. But how can you tell an old bag to "fuck off" without being in the eye of Mr Plod 'threatening' for doing so? GBH? Jesus!! All these variables are a load of bollocks, imho. If it's against the law to tell someone to "fuck off", then so be it. I put my hands up to that, but if it's a matter for debate, then there's summat wrong.