Probably, bednobs because he is frequently called upon to repair the damage caused by the poor soul.
This is yet another example of Human Rights legislation being cited to circumvent what should be just plain common sense. The original European Convention on Human Rights (upon which the UK�s 1998 Act is based) was drafted just after WW2 and was principally designed to prevent unacceptable behaviour towards citizens being exercised by over-zealous states.
We now have the situation in the UK where instances such as that described supposedly fall foul of the law, but no protection is provided from an over-zealous state where it is needed (e.g. retention of fingerprint and DNA information of innocent people, proposals that travellers must inform the state of their travel arrangements, and so on).