Well Done The Beak.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-52092232
Dam savage got what he deserved.

[royfromaus]

Great but we need some consistency on this. Other spitters have not been jailed.

[retrocop]

Quite right to. Last year there was a big hoo ha about the Police Federation requesting spit masks when dealing with certain elements of the public.

[ToraToraTora]

they should be jailed at any time in my opinion not just now with the CV outbreak, disgusting creatures.

[david small]

What a silly way to vent your frustration because you are unable to resist physically.

[emmie]

what an appalling thing to do.. glad he got jail time

[Canary42]

A beak with balls - there's a surprise. More of the same please.

[Mozz71]

Good. More of the same needed.

[jourdain2]

Good. Ages ago when I was a kid, just spitting on the ground was so anti-social that I thought it was illegal. I've an idea that it was because of TB around. It's good news that this line has been drawn.

[Bobbisox1]

Made my blood boil hearing some police were being heavy handed in Derbyshire , it’s about time they were heavy handed and we moved away from the ‘ Handle with kid gloves ‘ shmuck !

[brainiac]

Years ago spitting in general was much more prevalent, hence signs on buses and elsewhere saying 'No Spitting'. Revolting, especially these days, to be spitting anywhere in public.

[ummmm]

What does 'The Beak' mean?

[royfromaus]

Judge

[Apc2604]

Judge, ummmm. I should know the origin of that, but I don't!

[ummmm]

Thanks, Roy, still don't get the connection though. I only speak proper English :-)

[tiggerblue10]

I wondered what the 'Beak' as well, haha

[Bobbisox1]

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/7772/why-is-a-judge-or-magistrate-called-the-beak

[Apc2604]

//Beak, or Beck, is an old word, of Dutch origin, for anyone in authority (masters are still 'beaks' at some public schools); from the sixteenth century it was used to describe a constable, and it was partly by an accident of alliteration that the term, as applied to a magistrate, survived.//

[Apc2604]

Obviously it's just us oldies that know what The Beak refers to!!

[Bobbisox1]

Never used the term but like you APC , I’d heard of it

[Apc2604]

Likewise Bobbi.